[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H463-H464]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Last night, President Obama challenged all of us to come 
together to improve our country's fiscal health today and for 
generations to come.
  Automatic budget cuts, or sequestration, was never intended to be 
good fiscal policy. It was never intended to be policy--period. If 
these cuts take place, the American people will actually be harmed by 
the Representatives who were sent here to serve them. This is 
unacceptable. In just 2 weeks, if we don't act, across-the-board cuts 
will deeply hurt every aspect of our lives--schools, health programs, 
law enforcement, research and development. Under sequestration, all of 
these will be decimated.
  In our fragile economy, our Nation cannot afford to wait, so I call 
on our colleagues from the other side of the aisle to rise to the 
challenge. We cannot keep on going from one manufactured crisis to the 
next. Work with us to stop sequestration before it's too late.

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