On the recordMarch 28, 2012
I yield myself such time as I may consume. Madam Chairman, the President's budget and the Democratic alternative also get rid of the sequester, but we replace that with $1.2 trillion in deficit reduction through a balanced way because we think it's more important to protect that defense spending than it is to protect a lot of the special interest loopholes. Here's the statement from General Martin Dempsey, the current Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. And he says, with respect to what this budget will do: It's a force that's prepared to secure global access and respond to global contingencies. It's a military that can win any conflict anywhere. Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, not talking about the Republican budget, talking about the President's budget. With that, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Velazquez), the distinguished ranking member of the Small Business Committee. {time} 1640
