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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.

I'm deeply disappointed that Department of Defense civilian employees, including 46,000 hardworking employees in Maryland, will begin receiving furlough notices in two weeks because Congress has failed to reach an agreement to replace the sequester.

The University System of Marylands proposal uses the collaborative strengths of higher education, industry, and state government to develop deployable solutions to increase the safety, efficiency, reliability, and security of our national airspace transportation networks.

As we celebrate National Police Week and recognize the dedication and sacrifice of our law enforcement officers, Im pleased the House voted today in support of creating a national Blue Alert System that will allow police officers and first responders to react quickly when a law enforcement officer is injured or killed and make it easier to apprehend violent criminals.

Today, Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-5) met with fifth grade students from Shady Side Elementary for a presentation on their oyster restoration project.