[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]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. SWALWELL of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SWALWELL of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to express my 
strong disappointment in the House Republican leadership in committing 
such legislative malpractice by failing to do anything about automatic 
spending cuts that will happen this Friday.
  Here we are on the brink of another economic disaster manufactured by 
Washington, and, just as before, this crisis will have real 
consequences to real people. In my district alone, schools will lose 
$11 million in Federal funding. California will be losing $87.6 million 
in funding for primary and secondary schools. Fewer students will be 
learning and more teachers will be out of work.
  There's a rational way to approach balancing the people's budget, and 
this is not it. We can cut foolish spending without foolishly cutting 
spending.
  H.R. 699, of which I'm a cosponsor, would replace this meat-cleaver 
method of budgeting with a balanced approach. It would include 
additional revenue from multimillionaires and smart cuts for 
unnecessary spending.
  We might not agree on what the right way to cut spending is, but we 
also should agree that using broad, indiscriminate cuts is the wrong 
way to cut spending. Let's come together to pass legislation to avert 
these cuts.

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