Let's keep working together to solve this problem.

Right now most Members of Congress, including many Republicans, don't think it's a good idea to put thousands of jobs at risk and do unnecessary damage to our economy.

There's no reason we can't keep chipping away at this problem.

All our economic progress could be put at risk.

For you can say with confidence and with pride that you've fulfilled the hopes that brought Carmelo and Carmelina Panetta to these shores all those years ago.

Every action Leon Panetta has taken...has been with one goal in mind: taking care of our sons and our daughters in uniform and keeping America safe.

I'll always be grateful that you agreed to return to public service.

We're improving treatment for our wounded warriors, stepping up support for our military families, and doing more than ever to help our newest veterans transition to civilian life.

It is important to the national security interests of the United States to waive the provisions of section 7040(a) of the Act.

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Small businesses create two-thirds of all new jobs in America.

Leon, from your first day in uniform until today, your dedicated service to America has spanned nearly 50 remarkable years.

These large and arbitrary cuts will have severe impacts across the government.

That's why we need to return to normalcy when it comes to how we debate and decide these issues.

Sequestration is bad policy that was never intended to be implemented.

Now is the time to act, for Democrats and Republicans to come together in the same spirit that Leon Panetta always brought to public service.