[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]


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                       STOP DEVASTATING SEQUESTER

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, President Obama had a chance last night to lay 
out a plan for smart, strategic savings to replace his devastating 
sequester. We were all watching; we were all listening. We want to work 
together on this. But instead of laying out a vision for how government 
can avoid his sequester--his sequester--by living within its means, the 
President decided to make the impractical case for passing the buck 
onto taxpayers through even more taxes.
  House Republicans have known all along the President's sequester was 
a terrible plan. We gave the Supercommittee a chance to do the right 
thing, and when they didn't, we led.
  Twice since last summer we have passed legislation that would 
preserve savings while completely removing the threat sequester poses 
to American jobs and national security. The President didn't join the 
conversation until recently.
  March 1 is coming. Will he or won't he put forth a credible plan to 
stop the damage of his sequester? Republicans have responded. He and 
our friends on the other side of the aisle have not.

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