Quigley Moves to End Dangerous Sequester

Statement

This week, U.S. Representative Mike Quigley (IL-05) moved to end the short-sighted fiscal policies of the sequester and protect critical investments in clean and renewable energy, education and infrastructure that drive economic growth.

During yesterday's Appropriations Committee markup of the FY 2014 Energy and Water Appropriations bill, Rep. Quigley introduced an amendment that would replace sequestration with a balanced mix of policies that cut spending and increase revenues.

"We continue to make deep and damaging cuts to domestic programs in order to increase defense spending, well above levels the Pentagon requested. We continue to spend billions on thousands of nuclear weapons to fight a Cold War that doesn't exist anymore," said Rep. Quigley. "Our infrastructure was graded a D, our schools continue to slide down the international ranks, and millions of jobs are unfilled because people don't have the needed skills. If we want to make America strong, safe and fiscally sound, we should be investing in education, infrastructure, and research. I hope everyone will join me in supporting this amendment, replacing sequestration, and getting back to the difficult and necessary work of appropriating our precious tax dollars."

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