[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 47 (Wednesday, April 10, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H1871]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        IMPACTS OF THE SEQUESTER

  (Mr. CARTWRIGHT asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CARTWRIGHT. I rise today to address the sequester.
  Many of those in this House have been telling their constituents that 
the sequester doesn't make any difference, that nothing has really 
changed; but that simply is not true.
  For example, a cut to the Federal Aviation Administration's budget 
will result in the furloughing of most of FAA's 47,000 employees, or at 
least one day per pay period through the end of the fiscal year. Even 
those employees who provide safety-critical services, like systems 
specialists and aviation safety inspectors, will be subject to the 
furlough. As much as 10 percent of the FAA's workforce could be on 
furlough on any given day, resulting in reduced air traffic control, 
longer delays and economic losses for air transportation, tourism, and 
the economy as a whole.
  Last week, I visited Lynn Evans-Biga, the executive director of the 
Luzerne-Wyoming County Head Start in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, an 
agency which serves 1,000 students and has a waiting list of 700 
already. It will have to accept 49 fewer students because of the 5.2 
percent sequester cut.

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