President Obama is urging Congress to take action to roll back sweeping budget cuts known as the sequester that have hit government agencies and programs. His remarks came after Congress passed a bill Friday to send air traffic controllers back to work following furloughs that left passengers waiting for hours at airports across the country.

President Obama: “This week, the sequester hurt travelers, who were stuck for hours in airports and on planes and are rightly frustrated by it. And maybe because they fly home each weekend, the members of Congress who insisted on these cuts finally realized that they actually apply to them, too. So Congress passed a temporary fix, a Band-Aid. But these cuts are scheduled to keep falling across other parts of the government that provide vital services for the American people.”