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I thank Denis McDonough for visiting the Baltimore Regional Office today as part of the Administrations continued effort to end the unacceptable backlog of disability claims filed by veterans in Maryland and across the country.

Each year on Memorial Day, we remember the courageous individuals who gave all they had to protect our nation and the values that sustain our democracy. In every generation, Americans have been called to take up arms in defense of the rights and freedoms we hold dear not only for ourselves but for others who yearn for peace, justice, and liberty around the world.

Mr. Speaker, as the sequesters effects continue to place our economy and national security at risk, the news that 650,000 civilian defense workers will be forced to take unpaid leave ought to alarm all Americans who are concerned about our military readiness and national security. These furloughs will affect thousands who live in my district and thousands who live in the districts of every Member here.

I enjoyed meeting with Archbishop Neal School students and teachers this morning prior to their tour of the U.S. Capitol

I join in congratulating Dan Tangherlini on his nomination to serve as our next Administrator of the General Services Administration.

Im pleased manufacturing and infrastructure investments that help our businesses get their products to market continue to be an important focus of the Obama Administration.

I thank President Obama for visiting Moravia Park Elementary School and Im pleased that he could see firsthand why Maryland public schools have been named the best in the country for five years in a row.

American families and businesses are facing greater and greater uncertainty as a result of the sequester and the unwillingness on the part of Congress to take meaningful, bipartisan action to stop it.