Cole: Sequestration ‘Going to Happen’
Rep. Cole: Sequestration spending cuts ‘need to take place’
February 11, 2013
Rep. Tom Cole, R-Okla., is pushing a new kind of redistribution. Cole said Monday on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe” that sequestration “is going to happen,” but he is open to redistributing the cuts to make sure they are targeted to wasteful spending.
“This thing looks like it’s not going to be avoided,” said host Joe Scarborough. “It’s a very blunt crude instrument, but it’s all we have right now.”
“It absolutely is, and it is going to happen,” Cole agreed. “I’m more than happy to negotiate with the President how you redistribute the cuts— a lot less discretionary, more nondiscretionary, different categories, that makes sense.”