| Sequestration |
May 22, 2013 |
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Mark Udall, D-CO
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"I want to point out to those who were critical of what we did when it came to the FAA, it is not just elite business travelers or Members of Congress who use our air transportation. It is families, it is seniors, it is businesswomen, and every American possible using our air transportation system. We see the egalitarian nature of our air transportation system when we are in our airports."
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| Reducing Flight Delays Act |
May 13, 2013 |
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Betty McCollum, D-MN
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"In the first three days of this week, over three thousand flights were delayed because of staff furloughs. These delays could increase to several thousand per day and tens of thousands per week without action. While this bill does give the FAA the ability to stop the furloughs, it does not address sequestration’s overall cuts to the Agency. Instead, this bill gives the FAA the ability to shift money between accounts, allowing staff furloughs to be prevented only by accepting even deeper cuts in other programs. This cost-shifting will cost us money in the long run, as maintenance and construction costs grow."
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| Legislative Program |
May 9, 2013 |
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Steny Hoyer, D-MD
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"However, the sequester continues to be an ongoing challenge to our country, to our government, and to our people. We dealt with it in a sort of surgical fashion dealing with the FAA, but we have not dealt with any of the other concerns. As the gentleman knows, I have concerns about the fact the sequester may result in 70,000 children not being on Head Start. They are only 3 or 4 years of age once."
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| Repeal Sequestration |
May 8, 2013 |
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Colleen Hanabusa, D-HI
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"At every opportunity to repeal sequestration, it has not happened. Yet we know Congress can act to address the impacts if it hits the front page of the paper. Our Republican colleagues did so for the FAA. But it is now time for us to ask: What about the children’s Head Start program? What about FEMA for the victims of Hurricane Sandy? What about nutrition for women and children, also called WIC?"
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| Water Resources Development Act Of 2013—Continued |
May 7, 2013 |
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Benjamin Cardin, D-MD
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"I never supported sequestration. These are mindless across-the-board cuts. I certainly did not want to see what would have happened to the FAA happen. That was mindless across-the-board cuts. We provided system flexibility to be able to avoid that circumstance. But what we need to do is replace sequestration for all agencies that are affected because similar occurrences are happening in other agencies."
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