GOP Weekly Address: Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers Says ‘President Failed to Act’ on Sequestration
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Office of Congresswoman Cathy McMorris Rodgers(WASHINGTON) — House Republican Conference Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) delivered the GOP address this week and called for President Obama and Senate Democrats to negotiate a solution to the devastating spending cuts, known as the sequester.
Rodgers explains, “This debate is about more than just numbers and politics. It’s about the kind of future we want for our children and grandchildren. Do we want to hand them a mountain of debt and all the worries that go with it, or do we want them to inherit a vibrant economy and a future full of opportunity? This is the debate we’ve been having for quite a while, and it’s time we resolve it and get something done.”
“Yesterday, across-the-board spending cuts known as ‘the sequester’ took effect because President Obama and Senate Democrats failed to act. These devastating across-the-board cuts, first proposed by the president, will affect the lives of so many hardworking Americans,” Rodgers laments.
“The president failed to act” because “he never passed a bill to replace the sequester,” even though “the House of Representatives passed two proposals to replace the president’s sequester with smarter spending cuts” within the last year.
“This debate hasn’t always been easy, but making Washington confront its spending problem after decades of inaction was never going to be simple. We were elected to confront the hard truths, come together and do the right thing. That’s the American way, and that’s how we’ll achieve the kind of future our children and grandchildren deserve. All it will take is for the president and his party to get serious and lead,” Rodgers concludes.
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