[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 69 (Thursday, May 16, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H2661]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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LIGHTS OUT AT OUR MILITARY BASES
The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from Ohio
(Mr. Turner) for 5 minutes.
Mr. TURNER. Madam Speaker, it is literally ``lights out'' at our
military bases.
Next to me is a photo that ran the other weekend in my hometown
newspaper, which shows darkened hallways at the largest Air Force base
in the world, Wright-Patterson Air Force Base. There wasn't a lack of
power at the base that day, but a lack of leadership here in
Washington. The lights were out because the Senate and the President
have failed to take up the issue of sequestration.
Sequestration is having a devastating effect on the readiness and the
morale of our servicemembers and civilian workforce. Imagine going to
work and the President feels that you are so insignificant that you
don't even deserve to have the lights on.
The President promised the American people during his reelection
campaign that this would not happen, but it has. It's time for the
President to come to the table with a solution to this issue before our
military is irreparably impacted.
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