[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1673-1674]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Ms. CHU asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. CHU. Here we are just days away from the catastrophe that we've 
known about for months, just days away from a self-inflicted wound to 
our economy, our credibility, and the American people.
  The sequester, these automatic budget cuts, will literally take food 
out of the mouths of hungry mothers and children--600,000 of them. Air 
traffic controllers will take a huge hit, increasing wait times by 50 
percent. Security lines at LAX could take 4 hours during peak traffic 
times, as if waits aren't already bad enough. It will eliminate more 
than 2,000 food inspector jobs. I don't know about you, but I like 
knowing that I won't get salmonella when I open a can of tuna.

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  The American people will suffer. And for what? It's not like we 
couldn't see this coming from a mile away. We did see this coming from 
a mile away. Enough is enough. It's time for Republicans to join 
Democrats in a solution, a balanced approach that can avert this 
freight train.

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