Political Quotes

“Thank you to my friend and my colleague from New York. And as you aptly noted, the history of how we got to this point needs to not be lost in this debate. And I know there are some who also want to now talk about the cuts that were made in agreement with the administration last year, along with those additional revenues which were approved in January, as somehow the answer for why there needs to be no additional revenue. {time} 2020 That doesn't take into account the $85 billion of cuts that are now upon us under this sequester. I'd like to just hit on three additional points, if I could. One is the unemployment impact. We're focused on growing the economy, putting people back to work. In my home State of Nevada, we still have an unemployment rate above the national average. While our numbers are coming down, we don't need to add anyone to the unemployment lines. Under the sequester, some 750,000 to 1 million Americans will end up losing their jobs unless this Congress comes together and finds a solution--a balanced approach, as you indicate. In Nevada, that's 10,000 lost jobs. And of those jobs, the main areas that will be affected are the civilian positions at our Air Force bases--Nellis Air Force Base, Creech Air Force Base, and the Hawthorn Army Depot. It's estimated that some 1,400 furloughs will occur to civilian jobs, amounting to $11 million in lost wages.…”