[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1791]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                         AVERTING SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. ENYART asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. ENYART. Mr. Speaker, I rise today because southern Illinois folks 
are worried about sequestration undermining the economy and costing us 
jobs. I want to share with you today a letter about those concerns. 
This letter is from the supervisor of a young National Guard family.

       Sarah and Mike, a young couple, one small child and another 
     on the way, both deployed to Afghanistan with us in 2008. If 
     nothing changes, Sarah will get hit with the furloughs, and 
     Mike will probably lose his full-time National Guard job 
     entirely. This is just devastating. Obviously, don't blame 
     you. You weren't even in Congress when the Budget Control Act 
     passed. But real people are going to get hurt--bad--veterans 
     and soldiers. This is just incredible. I cannot believe 
     Congress is going to let this train wreck happen. I know you 
     know this, but it matters a great deal to us in DOD and the 
     Guard, both to the civilian employees who will be the 
     immediate victims, and to the rest of us who have to deal 
     with the fallout.

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