[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 31 (Tuesday, March 5, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H957]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                     SEQUESTRATION IN NEW HAMPSHIRE

  (Ms. KUSTER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. KUSTER. Mr. Speaker, because the Congress refuses to compromise, 
across-the-board spending cuts known as the sequester--and uncertainty 
around the Federal economy and the budget--are casting a cloud over our 
entire economy. In New Hampshire, we are already seeing the impacts of 
these cuts.
  Right now, there's a Federal prison in Berlin, New Hampshire, with 
over 100 open jobs, but funding fights in Washington are preventing 
Granite Staters from filling them.
  There's a Salem company, Micro-Precision Technologies, that wants to 
hire more workers; but sequestration is creating uncertainty and 
standing in the way.
  There are technicians in New Hampshire's National Guard who want to 
do their jobs, but deep cuts to defense means they're facing the 
possibility of furloughs.
  These are all examples of businesses that will have to delay hiring 
and people who will lose their jobs simply because Democrats and 
Republicans will not compromise. This is not what responsible governing 
looks like. We owe it to New Hampshire families to work across the 
aisle, responsibly reduce the deficit, and stop these mindless cuts.

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