[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 6]
[House]
[Page 7904]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




               SEQUESTRATION AND THE TOBYHANNA ARMY DEPOT

  (Mr. MARINO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Mr. MARINO. Last week, thousands of my constituents felt even more 
pain as a result of the President's sequestration when Tobyhanna Army 
Depot began to furlough over 5,000 of its civilian employees.
  One constituent called my office and asked, ``How are we supposed to 
afford our mortgage if my husband is not allowed to work? There must be 
a more logical way to cut the budget.''
  Well, Mr. Speaker, that is what I would like to know. Why can the 
President jet around the country to play golf on the taxpayers' dime 
when the hardworking families cannot make ends meet?
  The House acted twice last year to replace the sequestration with 
more commonsense solutions, but the Senate refused to consider these 
bills. They even rejected a measure that would have given the 
administration more flexibility in implementing these cuts.
  Because of the President's insistence and the Senate's inaction, 
these families will now face even more financial uncertainty, 
struggling to pay their bills instead of earning a steady paycheck.
  Mr. Speaker, the people of the 10th Congressional District have had 
enough of the President's rhetoric, and they have certainly had enough 
of his sequestration. It's time that the President started working for 
the American people.

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