[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 15863-15864]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 REAGAN DEFENSE FORUM AND SEQUESTRATION

  (Mr. PALAZZO asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute.)
  Mr. PALAZZO. Mr. Speaker, from day one as a Member of Congress, I 
have always known that our number one constitutional responsibility is 
to the common defense of this Nation at home and abroad.
  We should make the smart financial investments in our men and women 
in uniform--their readiness, their training, and their weapons--as if 
our lives depend on it. Because their lives do.
  This weekend, I gathered with some of the greatest defense minds in 
our Nation to discuss the safety and security of our country at the 
annual Reagan Defense Forum. A common narrative from this forum was 
that the defense cuts under sequestration are dangerous and undermining 
our national security.
  If so, then why are these dangerous cuts allowed to stand?

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  The American people, the military, Members of Congress, and even the 
President recognize the world is not becoming a safer place but much 
more dangerous. Ronald Reagan's policy of peace through strength 
worked, and it worked well. The time has come to remove these cuts and 
restore our Nation's strength so we can live up to our constitutional 
responsibility.

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