[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3413]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  SEQUESTRATION AND MILITARY PERSONNEL

  (Mrs. DAVIS of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. DAVIS of California. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring light to 
one of the many overlooked effects of sequestration. I just came from a 
Military Personnel hearing where the Services had an opportunity to 
speak frankly about how these cuts will affect them. Some of the worst 
impacts will come as a result of civilian furloughs.
  Fifty-two percent of military behavioral health specialists are 
civilians, and those civilians will be furloughed, as will 62 of the 
specialists who work for the Marine Corps' Wounded Warrior unit. These 
specialists provide a vital service to our injured servicemembers. So 
how can Congress continue to treat the work of these and other Federal 
employees in what is perceived as a very callous manner?
  Mr. Speaker, we have asked our men and women in uniform to sacrifice 
so much. How can we possibly ask them to sacrifice even more? We must 
come together to solve sequestration before these devastating cuts 
become irreversible.

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