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May 14, 2013 — Press Item
“The sequestration is an irrational, stupid policy that's having an adverse effect on our economy and on our national security.
May 14, 2013 — Press Item
"Because of Congress's failure to reach a balanced agreement on deficits, hundreds of thousands of our nation's civilian defense employees will be furloughed for up to eleven days this year, resulting in an unmerited pay cut to those who are hard at work keeping our country safe and making sure our troops have the tools they need to carry out their missions.
May 14, 2013 — Press Item
House Republicans continue to waste time on political messaging bills that will not become law and do not help the American people. This week, House Republicans are taking a page out of the 112th Congress’ playbook and are voting for the 37th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act, a vote that would take away important patient protections from millions of Americans.
May 12, 2013 — Press Item
“Pretending that you are going to take hostage the credit worthiness of the United States of America to get your deal done is irresponsible, not realistic, and we are not going to deal on the debt
May 9, 2013 — Press Item
“With the manufacturing sector’s strong potential to lead job growth for our economy, the Obama Administration’s announcement today of a competition to fund three more manufacturing innovation institutes is an important step toward greater competitiveness and the creation of high-skill, high-wage jobs for our middle class.
May 9, 2013 — Press Item
“The sad thing is that this is not a serious response. This is an irresponsible response.
May 9, 2013 — Press Item
“I thank the Ranking Member [Rep. Sander Levin (D-Mi.)]. I rise partly in sadness, wholly in disappointment, that we are playing this game. How sad.
May 9, 2013 — Press Item
“I think [debt prioritization] is not a serious effort and I think the Democrats are going to be overwhelmingly, if not unanimously opposed to it.
May 8, 2013 — Press Item
“Ms. [Martha] Roby [R-Al.] and I are friends, but we have a very substantial disagreement about this bill. I call it the ‘pay working families less’ bill, because what it will result in is a cut in pay for almost everybody.