[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7274]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          BUDGET AND SEQUESTER

  (Ms. FUDGE asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. FUDGE. Mr. Speaker, our economy is improving, the national debt 
is going down faster than expected, and yet sequestration is still in 
effect and causing real and long-reaching harm in our communities. 
Republicans appear prepared to sacrifice our country's economic growth, 
sacrifice job creation, in favor of sequester cuts.
  What happened to the Members on the other side all the last term 
asking, ``Where are the jobs?'' Now I'm asking, Where are the jobs?
  Mr. Speaker, the sequester is slashing jobs, cutting education, and 
starving research. All this happens while my counterparts feel 
comfortable to stand idly by instead of appointing conferees to work 
out the differences between the House and Senate budget proposals and 
coming up with a plan that grows the economy and responsibly reduces 
the deficit.
  The American people need Congress to act in a big way, and we need to 
act now.

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