[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 9]
[House]
[Page 13304]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                               SEQUESTER

  (Mr. TONKO asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. TONKO. Mr. Speaker, it has been more than 5 weeks since the House 
recessed for a district work period and all of our problems that we put 
on hold remain right here in front of us. This long list of challenges 
includes repealing the sequester.
  According to the nonpartisan CBO, sequestration will cost us about 
750,000 jobs this year alone. Now is the time to act. Instead of 
messaging bills or playing procedural games in an attempt to repeal or 
defund the Affordable Care Act, we should be addressing unfinished 
business.
  Americans have sent us here to do a job: help put people back to work 
and grow our economy. I encourage House Republicans to work with 
Democrats to roll back these mindless, thoughtless sequester cuts. They 
are the worst way to save a bad program and the most foolish way to cut 
a good and vibrant one.

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