Senator Reed, the Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Committee, was joined by Senator Chuck Schumer, the Ranking Member on the Senate Budget Committee, and Office of Management and Budget Director Shaun Donovan in urging Congressional Republicans to support sequestration relief in the upcoming budget.
With Senate Republicans scheduled to unveil their budget in the coming days, the Democrats formally called for a long-desired roll back of automatic spending cuts, known as sequestration, that threaten our economy, and defense and national security capabilities.
The Senators explained that eliminating harmful automatic cuts, both on programs that benefit the middle class and the defense budget, is the top priority for Senate Democrats in the upcoming negotiations.
