Sherrod Brown: “Today we will have the opportunity to vote for an additional $13 billion in spending cuts. This is an important vote.…”

“Today we will have the opportunity to vote for an additional $13 billion in spending cuts. This is an important vote. With this vote we will go over $500 billion in deficit reduction when we take last year's $496 billion package cut and this additional cut: More than $500 billion, one-half trillion dollars, that the American people will not have to pay; More than $500 billion, one-half trillion dollars, that we will not be passing along to the next generation; More than $500 billion, one-half trillion dollars, that will cut the fat, but not the muscle, out of Federal programs. Mr. Speaker, let us just hope that the Federal Reserve is paying attention.”