[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 77 (Tuesday, June 4, 2013)]
[House]
[Page H3027]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]


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                          REPEAL SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. BUTTERFIELD asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mr. BUTTERFIELD. Mr. Speaker, it has now been more than 2 months 
since across-the-board sequestration cuts were enacted, devastating so 
many important programs that Americans rely upon. Instead of working 
together to find compromise to fully reverse these automatic, 
indiscriminate spending cuts, House Republicans have voted for the Ryan 
budget, leaving these cuts in place and hurting our economy, just to 
gain political points.
  This is not President Obama's sequestration. The GOP effort to make 
sequestration a reality shows they are ready and willing to take our 
economy backwards at a time when Americans are desperate to move the 
Nation forward. In fact, sequestration will cost 750,000 jobs this year 
alone.
  House Democrats want sequestration repealed and replaced with a 
combination of revenue and cuts. The President has proposed $2 in 
spending cuts for every $1 of revenue. But Republicans remain dug in. 
Republicans refuse to address 70,000 children who could lose Head 
Start. They refuse to address the SNAP program, which is very important 
to feed the elderly and children. Republicans refuse to address the 
cuts to NIH and other very important programs.
  We must work together. We must repeal sequestration.

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