This article is part of a larger Defense News year anniversary project, showcasing the people, programs and innovations from the last three decades that most shaped the global security arena. Go to defensenews. Joe Gould is the Congress and industry reporter at Defense News, covering defense budget and policy matters on Capitol Hill as well as industry news.
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Speaker, as the sequester's effects continue to place our economy and national security at risk, the news that , civilian defense workers will be forced to take unpaid leave ought to alarm all Americans who are concerned about our military readiness and national security. In April, the sequester that had flown under the radar for most Americans at last entered the public spotlight.
As cuts led to furloughs for air traffic controllers and other FAA personnel, flight delays frustrated passengers across the country. Speaker, apparently the Republicans are opposed to Obamacare. I know that comes as a shock to America, so we need to tell them one more time, or 37 times, or maybe a 38th or 39th or 40th or th time. I don't know how many times we have to replay the election.
Speaker, this week the House will be voting for the 37th time to repeal the Affordable Care Act. House Republicans continue to waste time on political messaging bills that will not become law and do not help the American people. Speaker, I rise once again to call on Congress to replace the dangerous and irrational sequester with a big and balanced deficit solution.
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