[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 22 (Tuesday, February 12, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H437-H438]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. OLSON asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. OLSON. Mr. Speaker, tonight the American people see if President 
Obama will keep his word regarding sequestration. At the third 
Presidential debate, President Obama said:

       First of all, the sequester is not something that I 
     proposed. It's something that Congress has proposed. It will 
     not happen.

  As you can see, the truth is that sequestration was a concept that 
came from President Obama's White House, and sequestration is happening 
unless Congress acts. President Obama must keep his promise to find the 
necessary cuts to get our fiscal house in order. We cannot fix this 
problem by taxing the American people more.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge the President to keep his promise to fix the 
current sequestration and maintain the needed cuts in spending.

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