UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN GARY MILLER Proudly Serving California's 31st District

Washington, Jul 20, 2012 - Click here for entire Capitol Connection Newsletter  On Wednesday, the House overwhelmingly approved a measure to require the President to send to Congress a report on how the administration intends to implement the budget sequester scheduled to go into effect January 2, 2013.  While members from both sides of the aisle have expressed serious concerns about the impact of the across-the-board cuts - $1.2 trillion over the next ten years, of which half will come from our nation’s defense - only the House has passed legislation to replace them with targeted spending reductions to ensure our nation’s priorities are met. With the sequestration date looming, Congressman Miller strongly supports the bill passed by the House that requires the administration to submit to Congress a detailed plan on how the sequestration will be implemented. The report must include an estimate of the sequestration percentages and amounts needed to achieve spending reductions for defense and non-defense spending. The bill also requires the administration to identify the required spending reductions for each account at the program, project, and activity level, as well as those spending accounts that are exempt from the sequestration process. While Congressman Miller hopes that the House’s legislation to replace sequestration with targeted spending reforms and reductions will be adopted, he will continue to urge the Administration to release its plans for implementation should the Senate fail to act.