[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 171 (Monday, December 31, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H7476]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




              REAL EFFECTS OF GOING OVER THE FISCAL CLIFF

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Madam Speaker, at midnight tonight, the Budget Control 
Act of 2011 and sequestration will trigger spending cuts of $1.2 
trillion over 10 years, including $109 billion in 2013. We'll have 8.2 
percent, or $54 billion, in domestic spending cuts funding to the 
National Cancer Institute that supports clinical trials for new cancer 
treatments. If you're a patient at Roswell Park Cancer Institute in 
Buffalo and you're diagnosed with late-stage cancer, you don't have the 
luxury of time that these cuts demand. That's what sequestration means 
to cancer patients in Buffalo and throughout the Nation.
  We'll have 9.4 percent, or $55 billion, cut in defense spending. What 
does it mean to my community of Buffalo and western New York? MOOG, a 
world leader in motion control technology with a thriving defense unit, 
a $2.5 billion company that employs 8,400 people, takes a major hit. 
That's what sequestration means to the defense industry in Buffalo and 
throughout the Nation.
  Madam Speaker, sequestration cannot be viewed in the abstractions of 
Washington and this institution. Its real consequences will be felt 
hard by real people in real communities throughout this Nation, 
including in Buffalo and western New York.

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