Boyle Statement on CBO Letter Confirming Devastating Impacts of Speaker Johnson’s Sequestration Threats

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released a letter explaining the harmful, across-the-board cuts that would occur under the discretionary sequestration scenarios threatened by House Republicans. Pennsylvania Congressman Brendan F. Boyle, Ranking Member of the House Budget Committee, released the following statement:

“Today’s letter from CBO confirms what we already knew: Speaker Johnson’s attempt to trigger devastating across-the-board cuts is not an actual government funding plan, but another dangerous threat that would put American families on the chopping block. House Republicans have governed through brinkmanship for more than a year now – first with a default threat, then a series of shutdown threats, and now this sequestration threat. Their reckless attempts to achieve steep budget cuts failed time and time again last year, and they will fail again this year.”

“Passing full-year government funding bills is the most basic task of Congress. We cannot allow indiscriminate and harmful cuts to happen because House Republicans are incapable of doing their jobs. We have a bipartisan budget agreement which two-thirds of House Republicans voted for: It’s time for Republicans to stop the posturing, get back to governing, and write appropriations bills that honor the full terms of that agreement.”

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