It's been 144 days since the House passed the only plan to replace the sequester's arbitrary defense cuts. The President and Senate Democrats refuse to work with the House on any solution.

Now, with just over 90 days remaining before these crippling cuts go into effect, the White House is instructing defense contractors to not issue layoff warnings to the very Americans whose lives are most personally affected.

Ignoring the reality of these cuts will not make them go away.

Majority Leader Eric Cantor made the following statement:

The brave men and women who help defend our country deserve the respect and certainty to adequately prepare for their future. For an Administration that talks a lot about transparency, it is disappointing that they apparently think it is more important to protect their political interests than give hard working families any indication that they might in fact lose their job in 60 to 90 days due to inaction by the President and Senate Democrats.

The House passed H.Res. 786, Honoring the four United States public servants who died in Libya and condemning the attacks on United States diplomatic facilities in Libya, Egypt, and Yemen.

Majority Leader Cantor made the following remarks on the House Floor:

"We acknowledge and honor the personal sacrifice of the brave Americans who gave their lives in service to our nation. US Ambassador Chris Stevens, Foreign Service Information Management Officer Sean Smith, and security officers Tyrone Woods and Glen Doherty tragically lost their lives far from home, in Benghazi, Libya, where they were promoting American interests and helping the Libyan people secure the hard-fought gains of their revolution. These heroes died upholding the liberty, democracy, and moderation we value as a nation. "

According to a new report from the non-partisan Congressional Research Service, President Obama's decision to waive welfare work-requirements has more than doubled the number of able-bodied adults receiving food stamps.

Philip Klein reports in this morning's Washington Examiner:

...the 1996 welfare reform law included a separate rule encouraging able-bodied adults without dependents to work by limiting the amount of time they could receive food stamps. President Obama suspended that rule when he signed his economic stimulus legislation into law, and the number of these adults on food stamps doubled, from 1.9 million in 2008 to 3.9 million in 2010...

"CRS report: number of able-bodied adults on food stamps doubled after Obama suspended work requirement." Washington Examiner, 9/19/2012

Despite repeated efforts by the House to work together on preventing the sequester, the White House continues ignore the reality of this looming problem. 

Today, the White House announced that it will not support the National Security & Job Protection Act.

Majority Leader Eric Cantor made the following statement:

While our national security, the future of our military, and millions of jobs hang in the balance, the Obama Administration’s opposition to the National Security and Job Protection Act demonstrates that its only plan is to make excuses for its own inaction on averting the sequester.

The House has approved a plan to protect our troops, jobs and our homeland. We have repeatedly asked the White House to work with us to replace the sequester, meet us halfway or to present a plan. Instead, the White House has failed to take any reasonable and responsible steps to avoid this grave threat to the future of our nation.

I condemn the attacks on our consulate in Benghazi and Embassy in Cairo by violent extremists.

My prayers are with the families of Ambassador Chris Stevens and the other brave Americans who lost their lives in this unjustifiable and hateful assault.

Ambassador Stevens and his colleagues were known for having stood firmly on the side of the Libyan people against tyranny, and were untiring in their efforts to help the Libyan people establish a peaceful and tolerant democracy. These brave and honorable public servants deserve the respect of the American and Libyan people, for whom they tragically gave their lives.

These terrible incidents highlight the ongoing security challenges in Libya and Egypt, and I call upon the Libyan and Egyptian governments to protect diplomatic facilities, secure their borders, and redouble efforts to combat extremist terrorism within their countries.

Eleven years after September 11, it is clear that Islamic extremist terrorism still poses a tremendous threat to the Middle East, to the United States, and to the international community.

These attacks will not deter America from continuing to promote peace, democracy, individual and religious freedom and an unwavering respect for human life throughout the region and the world.