On the recordJuly 31, 2013
what the Budget Control Act did is it put everything on the discretionary budget, you know, and it put all of the cuts, you know, not just on defense but on transportation, infrastructure, research.
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Critiquing the Budget Control Act for its broad cuts across various sectors.
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