[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1792]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                             SEQUESTRATION

  (Ms. DUCKWORTH asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. DUCKWORTH. Mr. Speaker, last week I traveled across my district 
listening to my neighbors, who cannot afford the cuts that will go into 
place under sequestration. At Harper College, school superintendents 
told me that sequestration will cut vital programs and jeopardize the 
future of our children.
  In Hanover Park, I listened to officials discussing desperately 
needed transportation investments. With sequestration, we will lose 
both construction jobs and potential new investments in our business 
parks.
  In Itasca, veterans who would sacrifice everything for our Nation 
wonder why Congress can't come together and stop the cuts that will 
hurt this country they love so much. They didn't go home until they got 
their mission accomplished, and we shouldn't go home until we revolve 
this self-inflicted crisis.
  Both parties agreed to the sequester. The time for finger-pointing 
and assigning blame is over. We should immediately vote on and pass 
commonsense measures like stopping Medicare fraud, ending subsidies for 
oil and gas industries, and ending tax loopholes for large 
corporations.
  Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to bring up House Resolution 
699, a balanced bill to replace the sequester with spending cuts and 
revenues, a measure that would save thousands of jobs.
  The SPEAKER pro tempore. As the Chair previously advised, that 
request cannot be entertained absent appropriate clearance.

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