[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Pages 1778-1779]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. SAM JOHNSON of Texas. In just 2 days, President Obama's devised 
plan of across-the-board spending cuts known as ``sequester'' will kick 
in. I

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voted for House legislation to replace the President's plan with 
smarter and more responsible cuts. Unfortunately, the President and his 
friends in the Senate ignored it.
  Right now, America is over $16 trillion in debt. That means every 
American owes more than $52,000 each. Taxpayers all across this country 
know that Washington has a spending problem, not a revenue problem.
  Enough is enough. Now is the time to work together to stop spending 
money we do not have. We need to give the American people what they 
want, need, and deserve. We must get our fiscal house in order by 
balancing our budget. It's almost too late. Let's act now.

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