[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 24 (Thursday, February 12, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H991]
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                           END SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. RIGELL asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIGELL. Mr. Speaker, this Congress must address the defense 
sequester with the urgency that is warranted. Our men and women in 
uniform are fighting bravely around the world, and they depend on the 
certainty of knowing that they have got everything they need to 
accomplish their mission.
  The way to achieve that certainty is made increasingly difficult 
because of sequestration and the indiscriminate cuts that are affecting 
our men and women in uniform. I respectfully remind my colleagues today 
that as we start this budget and appropriations process, that we have 
the opportunity to replace sequestration in the months ahead.
  Last year, House Republicans passed not only a budget in a timely 
manner, but we incorporated increased defense spending to ease the 
burden of sequestration.
  Regardless of which side of the aisle we are on today, we all have a 
deep obligation to pass on the blessings of liberty and freedom to 
future generations. In order to accomplish that, we can no longer allow 
Federal budget policy to be dictated by a process that neither side 
intended to go into effect.
  I encourage my colleagues to make ending sequestration the top 
priority in the 114th Congress.

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