Washington, D.C. – U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-Ohio) today released the following statement on the Administration’s failure to meet the deadline of the Sequestration Transparency Act:

“Under the Administration’s current agenda, we have seen the longest streak of high unemployment over 8 percent since the Great Depression, debt has soared above $16 trillion for the first time in history, and manufacturing is shrinking.  It is clear that something has to be done to rein in spending and get our economy up and running again, but blindly gutting the military is not a responsible answer to solving our debt crisis.  I had hoped that the Administration would comply with the bipartisan Sequestration Transparency Act and outline exactly how these sequester defense cuts would be implemented.  Instead, they have ignored not only the deadline but also the wishes of the American people who are relying on Washington to protect their national security and get the economy back on the path to prosperity.”