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Patty Murray: “So implementation of the sequestration would not only have a direct impact on the housing programs, but on the job…”

On the recordFebruary 13, 2013
So implementation of the sequestration would not only have a direct impact on the housing programs, but on the job market, the other folks, but the confidence factor at this time, when we are very fragile as well, will have a huge----
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Patty Murray
Democratic · Washington

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Murray highlights the broad negative effects of sequestration on housing and job markets.

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