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United States

of America PROCEEDINGS AND DEBATES OF THE 112th

 CONGRESS, SECOND SESSION

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Vol. 158 WASHINGTON, THURSDAY, JULY 26, 2012 No. 113 

House of Representatives 

The House met at 9 a.m. and was 

called to order by the Speaker. 

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PRAYER 

The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick 

J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: 

We give You thanks, O God, for giving us another day. Please help us to 

use it well. 

We ask Your blessing upon this assembly and upon all to whom the authority of government is given. Help 

them to meet their responsibilities 

during these days, to attend to the immediate needs and concerns of the moment, all the while, enlightened by the 

majesty of Your creation and Your 

eternal Spirit. 

We give You thanks that we all can 

know and share the fruits of Your Spirit, especially in this time, the virtue of 

tolerance and reconciliation, of justice 

and righteousness, of goodwill and understanding, of patience and loving 

care for others. 

Watch over this House and cause 

Your blessing to be upon each Member, 

that they might serve all the people 

with sincerity and truth. 

May all that is done within the people’s House this day be for Your greater honor and glory. 

Amen. 

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THE JOURNAL 

The SPEAKER. The Chair has examined the Journal of the last day’s proceedings and announces to the House 

his approval thereof. 

Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Journal stands approved. 

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PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE 

The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman 

from Ohio (Mr. JOHNSON) come forward 

and lead the House in the Pledge of Allegiance. 

Mr. JOHNSON of Ohio led the Pledge 

of Allegiance as follows: 

I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the 

United States of America, and to the Republic for which it stands, one nation under God, 

indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. 

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ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER 

The SPEAKER. The Chair will entertain up to 5 requests for 1-minute 

speeches on each side of the aisle. 

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SEQUESTRATION 

(Mr. WITTMAN asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. WITTMAN. Mr. Speaker, Congress faces looming deadlines at the 

end of this year, set to take effect in 

the first days of 2013. Just as we ring in 

a new year with a renewed sense of optimism, if Congress does not act, looming defense cuts will cripple our military and this Nation. 

Our military will be forced to cut an 

additional 10 percent from its budgets; 

an additional 10 percent of resources 

supporting our troops deployed overseas, fighting for our freedoms; an additional 10 percent of budgets supporting new technologies, training, and 

ships already lacking maintenance and 

which are behind schedule; an additional 10 percent of our national security. 

While the House passed, and I proudly supported, legislation in May to 

avert these cuts, action is still needed 

by the Senate and the administration. 

Why does Congress continue to wait? 

Why does Congress procrastinate on an 

issue so pressing and so important to 

this Nation? Who will answer the call? 

Leaving this issue to the last minute 

is irresponsible, and failure is not an 

option. I urge the leaders of this Nation to stop the delay. 

REMEMBERING 11 ISRAELI 

OLYMPIANS 

(Mr. ENGEL asked and was given 

permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. ENGEL. Mr. Speaker, in 1972, 

Palestinian terrorists broke into the 

Israeli Olympic compound and murdered, in cold blood, 11 Israeli athletes. 

In the 40 years since, shamefully, the 

International Olympic Committee has 

refused to have a minute of silence to 

commemorate these 11 martyrs. They 

have rejected it time and time again. 

And tomorrow, the Olympic Games are 

starting in London, and they have rejected it again, shamefully. 

So I will use the rest of my 1-minute 

to do a moment of silence for the 11 

Israeli athletes who lost their lives at 

the 1972 Olympic Games. 

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FILIPINO VETERANS DAY 

ANNIVERSARY 

(Mr. HECK asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 

minute and to revise and extend his remarks.) 

Mr. HECK. Mr. Speaker, 71 years ago 

today, President Roosevelt inducted 

over 40,000 Filipino troops into the 

United States Army to counter the 

Japanese threat. Following the occupation of the Philippines, thousands more 

Filipinos would join the resistance as 

recognized guerrilla forces working in 

cooperation with the U.S. Army. However, due to the Rescissions Act of 1946, 

the service and sacrifice of these brave 

Filipino veterans would go unrecognized by the U.S. Government for the 

next 63 years. 

Congress finally acknowledged the 

dedicated service of these veterans 

when it established the Filipino Veterans Equity Compensation Fund in 

2009. Although meager in comparison 

to the benefits these veterans earned, 

this compensation fund provided the 


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