Leader Cantor on Obama Administration's Guidance Not To Issue Sequester Layoff Warnings This Year
It's been 144 days since the House passed the only plan to replace the sequester's arbitrary defense cuts. The President and Senate Democrats refuse to work with the House on any solution.
Now, with just over 90 days remaining before these crippling cuts go into effect, the White House is instructing defense contractors to not issue layoff warnings to the very Americans whose lives are most personally affected.
Ignoring the reality of these cuts will not make them go away.
Majority Leader Eric Cantor made the following statement:
The brave men and women who help defend our country deserve the respect and certainty to adequately prepare for their future. For an Administration that talks a lot about transparency, it is disappointing that they apparently think it is more important to protect their political interests than give hard working families any indication that they might in fact lose their job in 60 to 90 days due to inaction by the President and Senate Democrats.