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




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. HIGGINS asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. HIGGINS. Mr. Speaker, sequestration will have serious 
consequences for the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station, which is 
tremendously important to the economy of western New York.
  If Congress does not repeal the sequester, the Air Force will have to 
delay construction of a $6.1 million flight simulator at the base, a 
project that is critical to securing the base's continued operation. 
There would also be an impact on jobs: 2,300 Air Force civilians in New 
York will be furloughed, causing $17.7 million in lost wages across the 
State.
  Mr. Speaker, sequestration was the ransom the Tea Party demanded when 
it held the American economy hostage over the debt limit. But with 
750,000 American jobs at stake, this process will inflict real and 
permanent damage on the American economy.
  Congress created the sequester. Congress can and should repeal it. 
For the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Base and for our economy, I urge the 
House to do just that.

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