[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 28 (Wednesday, February 27, 2013)]
[House]
[Pages H674-H675]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. BROUN of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BROUN of Georgia. Last Congress, I supported more than $155 
billion worth of real spending cuts. If Democrats are interested in 
finding a more targeted approach to avoiding the sequester, I'm more 
than happy to offer my suggestions. We only have to cut 2\1/2\ cents 
out of every dollar that we spend in 2013 to dodge the effects of the 
sequester. If we can't shrink spending by 2 percent without causing a 
meltdown, what does that say about the size of Washington?

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  Frankly, I don't think this administration wants to cut spending at 
all. The President is only interested in raising taxes, but this year, 
he has already levied $150 billion worth of new taxes on the American 
people. I wholeheartedly support making meaningful cuts, but there is a 
better way to go about doing it than with the sequester.
  Congress needs to sit down and go through the budget line by line, 
and it needs to figure out what wasteful programs we can get rid of in 
the middle of this debt crisis. I hope that Democrats will work with 
Republicans to find a smarter way to cut spending while we also protect 
American jobs and our national security.

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