[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 26 (Monday, February 25, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H608]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                       SEQUESTER AND THE CHILDREN

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Because they have no voting rights, a group that we 
don't hear a lot about is children. On Friday, March 1, our children 
will be in the eye of the storm. The sequester that will occur will 
impact children, particularly Head Start.
  So many of my Head Start organizations have cried out for relief and 
Title I funding, so I want to say to them that we are going to come 
together. It may not be on Friday, but we know that we're going to look 
forward to overturn what has been a process that was put in place 
because President Obama and the Democrats were ready to make sure the 
government was going to run and others were not.
  Now we have a crisis, but that crisis will not last long because we 
Democrats will put children first and find a solution to ensure that 
the American people have the resources that are necessary to provide 
services to ensure the quality of life that their tax dollars pay for. 
We must have revenue and, yes, we must have spending responsibility, 
but we cannot undermine the American people.

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