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OUR ELDERS.
AND WHEN THEY SEND ME OFF ON
ANY JOURNEY WHEN I DEPART FROM
HOME, MAY GOD BLESS YOU.
THE
GENTLEMAN YIELDS BACK.
THE CHAIR RECOGNIZES THE
GENTLEWOMAN FROM OREGON, MS.
BON MECHE, FOR -- MS. BONAMICI,
FOR FIVE MINUTES.
I ASK UNANIMOUS
CONSENT TO --
I ASK UNANIMOUS
REMARKS.
WITHOUT OBJECTION.
I HAVE DONE A
SUMMARY OF THE WORK WE'RE DOING
HERE IN CONGRESS AND THEN
OPENED THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS
FROM AND DISCUSSIONS WITH MY
CONSTITUENTS.
WITHOUT FAIL IN EVERY TOWN HALL
MEETING AT LEAST ONE PERSON
WOULD ASK ABOUT THE PARTISAN
RANKER AND THE GRIT LOCK THAT
WASHINGTON.
THEY WOULD ASK ME, CAN YOU TELL
US SOMETHING THAT'S BIPARTISAN
THAT YOU'VE DONE, SOMETHING
WHERE YOU WORKED TOGETHER, SOME
ACHIEVEMENT THAT EVERYONE'S
AGREED ON?
NOW WHEN RESPONDING TO THEM, I
OFTEN DISCUSSED A PIECE OF
LEGISLATION THAT'S VERY
IMPORTANT TO THE DEBATE ON
BUDGET PRIORITIES AND THE
SO-CALLED FISCAL CLIFF.
THAT'S THE SEQUESTRATION
TRANSPARENCY ACT.
THIS BILL PASSED THE BUDGET
COMMITTEE BY VOICE VOTE AND WAS
LATER APPROVED IN THE HOUSE
WITH ONLY TWO IN OPPOSITION.
AFTER THE SENATE PASSED IT WITH
UNANIMOUS CONSENT, THE
PRESIDENT SIGNED IT INTO LAW.
THIS IS TRULY A BIPARTISAN
A STATEMENT BY ALMOST EVERY ONE
OF US WORKING TOGETHER THAT
WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE IMPACT
THAT SEQUESTRATION MIGHT HAVE
ON OUR CONSTITUENT.
AND AN EFFORT TO GET MORE
INFORMATION ABOUT THE TRUE HARM
THAT THAT SEQUESTRATION WILL
NOW FOLLOWING THE
ADMINISTRATION, THE RECENT
REPORT DEALING THOSE CUTS THAT
WOULD COME UNDER SEQUESTRATION,
I AM EVEN MORE CONCERNED THAN
AND MY CONSTITUENTS ARE
CONCERNED AND I KNOW
CONSTITUENTS ALL ACROSS THIS
ARE CONCERNED AS WELL.
MR. SPEAKER, THERE'S BIPARTISAN
CONCERN ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT
SEQUESTRATION MIGHT HAVE.
AND YET WE HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO
COME TO A BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS
TO AVOID IT.
WE'VE IDENTIFIED A PROBLEM.
NOW WE MUST IDENTIFY A
SOLUTION.
THIS SHOULD BE A BALANCED
SOLUTION.
WORKING TOGETHER.
AND I LOOK FORWARD TO WORKING
WITH ALL OF MY COLLEAGUES ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE TO
ARRIVE AT THAT SOLUTION.
IT'S A SOLUTION FOR MY DISTRICT
IN OREGON, FOR ALL OF THE GREAT
STATE AND IMPORTANTLY FOR ALL
OF THIS GREAT NATION.
THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.
AND I YIELD BACK THE REMAINING
TIME.
THE
TIME.
PURSUANT TO CLAUSE 12-A OF RULE
1, THE CHAIR DECLARES THE HOUSE