Political Quotes

“Today's bill is part of the House majority's irresponsible charade of a budget process. The sequester cuts affecting 2013 spending levels are having a tangible impact on American families and hurting our economy: 70,000 children losing access to Head Start; 4 million fewer Meals on Wheels delivered; $1.5 billion in cuts to the National Institutes of Health's lifesaving medical research and jobs; degraded military readiness; furloughs and reduced paychecks for hundreds of thousands of Federal employees; and delayed safety modernization at airports. {time} 1545 My friends on the other side of the aisle want it both ways. They adopted a budget resolution that endorses the sequester levels for next year, locking in a top-line figure $92 billion below the Senate's and the President's budget levels, while they pretend they fixed the sequester for defense. They cut more than required on the domestic side and did nothing to shield defense programs from legally mandated cuts under sequestration. If the House bills are enacted, defense will be cut $48 billion in January as a result of the sequester because the majority has not enacted legislation to stop it--$48 billion when General Dempsey has made it very clear to those of us who have had recent talks with him that our readiness is at stake. The Republicans allocated more adequate funding to the initial bills to fund military construction, veterans affairs, defense, and homeland security.…”