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




                 REPEAL AND REPLACE DANGEROUS SEQUESTER

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. Madam Speaker, we have before us this question of 
allowing indiscriminate and harmful cuts to our armed services and 
other vital national governmental works.
  I agree we must address the debt and the deficit, but it's not a new 
problem, and we have fixed it before. Right now, our national debt 
stands at about 105 percent of GDP, gross domestic product. In 1946, it 
was close to 122 percent, and we fixed it--not by austerity, not by 
slash and burn; we fixed it by investing in America. We built our 
national highway system. We made our armed services the envy of the 
world. We even rebuilt Europe and Japan. We went to the Moon, for 
heaven's sake.
  By the 1960s, our economic growth was so great that it was impossible 
for anyone to complain about the Roosevelt debt with a straight face. 
That's what we need to do now. We need to believe in ourselves. We need 
to invest in the great engines of our economic recovery, our 
infrastructure, and our middle class.
  So, Mr. Speaker, I urge the Members, be bullish on America and repeal 
and replace this dangerous sequester.

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