On the recordSeptember 13, 2012
The Republican cut, cap and balance bill enforces its cuts and its caps. How? Through sequestration. That's what you voted for. After the agreement was reached on the Budget Control Act that put the sequester in place, Speaker Boehner said, ``I got 98 percent of what I wanted.'' Now our Republican colleagues are attempting to undo the sequester in a way that let's them off the hook politically but puts America at risk financially. Democrats have an alternative--Mr. Van Hollen just spoke of it--that would repeal the sequester for a year by asking that the wealthiest in our country, why, because they can help a little more, not because they're bad. God bless them. And by the way, we're most of those as well, folks. I hope my friends on the other side of the aisle, who I know are as deeply concerned about our deficits and debt as I am, will join Democrats in defeating this bill and sending a message that only by working together can we find the solutions we need. America expects that of us.
