[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 25 (Friday, February 15, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H554]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




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              ACHIEVING THE REPUBLICAN POLICY OF SEQUESTER

  (Mr. HOYER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. HOYER. Mr. Speaker, we are on the brink of achieving the 
Republican policy of sequester. Why do I say it's the Republican 
policy?
  Because on July 19 of 2011, 229 Republicans voted for their Cut, Cap, 
and Balance bill, which said that the alternative to cutting spending 
in a rational way would be the irrational imposition of sequester, 
which cuts across the board irrespective of priorities. It's the wrong 
thing to do. It will hurt America. It will hurt our economy. It will 
hurt the growth in jobs.
  I am here to tell you, if Democrats were in charge of the House of 
Representatives, that sequester would not happen; but we've been here 6 
weeks, and not a single piece of legislation has been brought to this 
floor by the majority to stop sequestration from happening, to 
substitute a rational fiscal policy for an irrational one.
  So when sequester hits, as unfortunately as it may, as tragically as 
it may, as unacceptably as it may, the American people need to know 
this is Republican policy included in legislation for which 98 percent 
of them voted on July 19, 2011.

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