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Washington - House Armed Services Committee Member Michael Turner (OH) hosted a community forum this week featuring local business leaders who all attested to the damage that sequestration would have on jobs and defense in the Dayton, Ohio area. |
WASHINGTON, DC – In the Weekly Republican Address for the U.S. Senate, Senator Roger Wicker (R-Mississippi) spoke about the effects of sequestration and how “severe and indiscriminate cuts that harm our security are not the way to address America’s fiscal challenges.” A full transcript of the address follows: |
Washington is battling these days over "sequestration," the $500 billion additional cut to the defense budget looming in January. The White House and Democrats on Capitol Hill insist that intransigent Republicans are risking cuts that no one wants. This is a charade. By his own admission, President Obama has always wanted to cut the defense budget dramatically.
WASHINGTON- Rep. Howard P. "Buck" McKeon made the following statement on news that President Obama has signed the Sequestration Transparency Act into law.
Washington D.C. – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Rep. Buck McKeon (R-CA) and Ranking Member Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) released the following statement after a briefing today with Air Force Secretary Michael Donley on the ongoing investigations into sexual misconduct at Lackland Air Force Base:
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Washington – House Armed Services Committee Chairman Howard P. “Buck” McKeon issued the following statement in response to the Department of Labor’s claim that the WARN Act would not apply to sequestration: