As the gentleman knows in a new Congress, all the legislation that was considered in the previous Congress goes away. The fact is that in this Congress, we've not had one concrete proposal from our Republican colleagues to replace the sequester.
Chris Van Hollen: “As the gentleman knows in a new Congress, all the legislation that was considered in the previous Congress goes away.…”
On the recordSeptember 19, 2013
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