[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 3]
[House]
[Page 3643]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                        IMPACTS OF SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. BARBER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. BARBER. Mr. Speaker, sequestration has been in effect for just 2 
weeks, and the impacts of these mandatory, across-the-board cuts 
already are deeply affecting the lives of my constituents in southern 
Arizona.
  Cuts to the Border Patrol are not only among the most devastating 
cuts caused by sequestration; they will seriously erode the progress 
we've made toward securing our border. Border Patrol agents have been 
told that they will be furloughed without pay for 1 day per pay period, 
and much of their overtime will be eliminated.
  Taken together, these actions will greatly reduce the pay of these 
Border Patrol agents by between 20 and 40 percent. We must work 
together to immediately come to grips with this problem to restore 
these cuts so the border can once again be safe and secure.

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