[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1782]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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               THE IMPACT OF SEQUESTRATION FOR NEW JERSEY

  (Mr. SIRES asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. SIRES. Mr. Speaker, unless Congress acts this week, a series of 
drastic spending cuts known as the sequester will take effect. 
Sequestration threatens the jobs of hundreds of thousands of middle 
class Americans, as well as vital services for children, seniors, and 
our troops. Congress must not wait any longer to come to an agreement.
  Should sequestration take effect, my State of New Jersey would lose 
almost $12 million in funding for primary and secondary education, 
putting around 160 teachers and their aides at risk. New Jersey would 
also lose $17 million in funding for about 210 teachers who help 
children with disabilities. In addition, Head Start and Early Head 
Start services would be eliminated for an estimated 1,300 children in 
New Jersey. Furthermore, New Jersey would lose funding cuts for public 
safety grants provided to local law enforcement officials designed to 
improve the safety of our communities, as well as reduction in funding 
to provide meals for New Jersey seniors. Mr. Speaker, these are just a 
small portion of the impact sequestration will have on New Jersey and 
America as a whole.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up H.R. 699, a balanced 
bill to replace the sequester with spending cuts and revenues.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair has previously advised, that 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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