I thank you for highlighting some of the impacts that are going to take place in your district in Nevada. If I might ask, Madam Speaker, how much time do we have remaining on our Special Order? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mrs. Wagner). The…

I want to thank the gentleman from New Jersey for pointing several things out, but particularly for making it clear that we have already made significant progress under this administration, in partnership with this side of the aisle, as we…

Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent that all Members be given 5 legislative days to revise and extend their remarks. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from New York? There was no objection.

This mindless austerity takes a meat-cleaver approach to cutting programs, regardless of the wisdom of doing so or the long-term costs that these cuts would create.

I also take considerable issue with the title of this hearing.

The Republican leadership failure will be felt nationwide, and its impact on my home state of Georgia is of grave concern to me.

Instead, sequestration will arbitrarily take 85 billion dollars out our economy, lower our GDP, cost jobs, and harm our economic recovery and global competiveness.

If this body does not address sequestration, American workers will face yet another hurdle to providing for their families and realizing the American dream.

Sequestration threatens to forestall economic recovery, amplifying the effects of the recession on so many Americans.

Would you describe the Bush administration as excessive in its regulatory zeal?

I was quite startled when I took a look at the title, 'The Obama Administration's Regulatory War on Jobs, the Economy, and America's Global Competitiveness.'