[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6429]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                        CANCEL THE SEQUESTER ACT

  (Ms. WILSON of Florida asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute.)
  Ms. WILSON of Florida. It has now been 857 days since I arrived in 
Congress, and the Republican leadership has still not allowed a single 
vote on serious legislation to address our unemployment crisis.
  The nightmare of joblessness is destroying the American Dream.
  When I was graduating from college, my American Dream was owning a 
home and starting a family, while, for the class of 2013, the American 
Dream means just having a job--any job--to make ends meet. By 
eliminating public sector jobs during a time of high unemployment, the 
sequester is killing the American Dream. It's up to us to cancel the 
sequester and ensure that America is again a land of opportunity.
  Mr. Speaker, let's bring H.R. 900, the Cancel the Sequester Act, to 
the floor for a vote to end this shame. Our mantra should be jobs, 
jobs, jobs.

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