Weekly Address: Time to Replace the Sequester with a Balanced Approach

Saturday, April 27, 2013
Weekly Address: Time to Replace the Sequester with a Balanced Approach to Deficit Reduction. President Obama says that because Republicans in Congress allowed a series of harmful, automatic budget cuts—called the sequester—to take effect, important programs like Head Start are now forced to reduce their services. After travelers were stuck for hours in airports and on planes this past week, members of Congress passed a temporary band-aid measure to stop the cuts that impact airlines — but they must do more to stop cuts to vital     services for the American people. That’s why it’s time for a balanced approach to deficit reduction that makes smarter cuts and reforms in the tax code while creating jobs and strengthening the middle class.Watch this week’s Weekly Address.

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