[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 29 (Thursday, February 28, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H706]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Ms. JACKSON LEE asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. JACKSON LEE. Many of my constituents ask the question of what 
work are we doing for them. I'm very glad this morning that we will 
finally end the long journey for the Violence Against Women Act and 
finally vote on a recognized compromise that the Senate has proposed.
  But I also say that I'm not here to talk about process and blame when 
it comes to this pending sequester, which most Americans do not 
understand. But I'm ready to work, and I believe we should stay and 
work. We should follow the Senate plan that follows the Buffett rule 
and provides for modest reductions in defense and does not provide for 
these devastating cuts until 2014.
  We can get this done, but we cannot have any compromise when one side 
refuses to acknowledge that it takes revenue to run this government to 
be able to ensure that people have the resources that they need when 
there's a natural disaster or that our military has the resources that 
they need. Or, for example, in Texas, for my colleagues who refuted the 
idea that I stand for children, where we're losing some 4,000 spots in 
Head Start, we can do something, Madam Speaker. We simply need to stay 
and work and follow the Senate plan.

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