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Granting FAA flexibility to prevent air traffic controller furloughs and maintain full staffing levels is the right thing to do. But let me be clear. This bill is nothing more than a Band-aid.

It is mystifying to me that some are surprised by these delays or blame FAA for Congress's failure.

The 2013 Appropriations process was completed nearly six months after the beginning of the fiscal year and relied on inadequate and outdated continuing resolutions to fund much of the federal government. We can and must do better.

The FY 2014 request for the entire Department is difficult, but the shortfall proposed for the Coast Guard is particularly glaring.

We are here today to talk about the budget for the Labor Department an agency that carries out critical missions for working families, from job training to workplace safety. So it is unfortunate that we have seen so many budget cuts for this agency in recent years.

The Commodity Future Trading Commission is the unsung hero of America's fiscal stability.

I am concerned that if another BRAC is authorized, we will never get to any real savings, just moving military families around from one base to another.

Only by delivering quality education for all our citizens from the earliest years to the college years can we ensure freedom, equality, and social mobility; to make opportunity real for each and every American, and continue to lead the world to economic security and lasting prosperity.