[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 23 (Wednesday, February 13, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H464-H465]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SEQUESTRATION MEANS STUPID

  (Mr. DeFAZIO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. DeFAZIO. Madam Speaker, sequestration. You know, it's inside-the-
Beltway talk. What does it mean? It means stupid, across-the-board 
budget cuts.
  Take a program of tremendous public import--whether it's a defense 
program, public safety program, student financial aid--and cut it 10 
percent. Take a turkey, something we don't need anymore, something 
stupid, obsolete--registering kids for a draft that doesn't exist and 
will never exist--cut it 10 percent.

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  So instead of doing targeted cuts and getting rid of programs that we 
don't need anymore, that don't work anymore, and looking at reasonable 
revenues, we're going to cut everything 10 percent. It's going to have 
a real impact.
  I was told yesterday by the Office of Management and Budget the first 
measurable impact is in my district, a 10 percent sequestration of 
payments to counties in my State from the Interior Department, which 
means in Douglas County, Oregon, the last 10 road deputies are gone. In 
another county, which is down to one road deputy, the last road deputy 
is gone. We're talking about counties the size of States here with no 
rural law enforcement. That's because of the stupid sequestration.

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