[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1684]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Ms. BROWN of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWN of Florida. Here we go again. Our Nation is on the brink of 
disaster because Congress has created another manmade disaster. Let me 
repeat--not Congress. House Republicans have created another manmade 
disaster. I haven't talked with anyone--from business leaders, to 
children's advocates, to AARP and senior citizen groups--who think 
Congress is doing a good job.
  Just last year, the Republicans took $115 billion and handed it over 
to 6,000 of the wealthiest Americans in the form of tax cuts. At the 
same time, they cut health care funding for needy children and their 
families. I have a list of cuts and how they're going to affect 
children, senior citizens, and the FAA.
  Do you know what? You can fool some of the people some of the time, 
but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
  In closing, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 699, a balanced 
bill to replace this cutting and spending disaster.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair previously advised, that 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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