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On the recordApril 10, 2013
I do think it is a fundamental point here that the President believes, we all believe, that sequestration is not the right policy, and that we ought to reverse it, that we can reverse it.
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray advocates for reversing sequestration as a flawed policy.

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