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lose their jobs. And those people aren’t 

in those unemployment figures. These 

are industry figures we’re talking 

about. 

But what about the guy that fought 

for you for 10 years and you’ve thrown 

him out of a job when he’s been promoted? He may be a staff sergeant for 

all I know, that kid that I met in 

Korea almost 10 years ago. And yet do 

you know what? We’re going to fire the 

kid even though he has been a good soldier. What are you going to do with 

him? He’s got to find a new job and a 

new career. He chose defending his 

country as his career. 

Through no fault of his own, but 

through the political will of the Senate, at least the majority of the Senate, he gets his job taken away from 

him, and he’s out on the unemployment line. Something is bad wrong 

with this whole picture. 

I’m not going to take all the rest of 

the time, Mr. BISHOP. I’ll yield back to 

you if you have anything you’d like to 

say in conclusion, and then I’ll wrap it 

up. I’m really grateful for you coming 

down here because your insight coming 

from the committee and hearing this 

day in and day out, I know you all have 

held numerous hearings on every issue, 

and I really appreciate your coming 

and sharing that with us. 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. I’m just grateful to the gentleman from Texas for actually broaching this issue. Jobs are 

important, but it’s not just jobs for the 

sake of creating a job. This is a job 

that is essential for the defense of this 

country. This is our constitutional responsibility, and we need to take that 

seriously. 

Sequestration is basically, as you 

said I think at the very beginning, it’s 

not what was planned here; it just kind 

of happened. It was a failed policy that 

happened. Now is the time to actually 

become adults about this and recognize 

that sequestration will not only destroy jobs, but it will destroy the defense of this country; and our responsibility is to make sure we defend this 

country and give every capability that 

when we send somebody into harm’s 

way they have the equipment that is 

necessary to make sure they come 

back successfully. 

We don’t want a fair fight. We want 

America to have the best equipment, 

and that flat out won’t happen if we go 

through this big cut number three that 

we call ‘‘sequestration.’’ 

I thank the gentleman for allowing 

me to say something about this important issue, and I thank you for bringing 

it to the attention of the American 

people, sir. 

Mr. CARTER. I think a good point 

that you’ve clearly made, ‘‘sequestration’’ should be a definition of our failure to meet our constitutional responsibility. And it just can’t happen. So I 

want to end by encouraging both sides 

of the aisle and all my colleagues in 

this House, let’s get this deal done, 

let’s don’t gut our military, let’s come 

up with other solutions, and for goodness’ sakes, let’s don’t sell out the people who have gone to war for us for the 

last 10 years. 

Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance 

of my time. 

LEAVE OF ABSENCE 

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to: 

Mr. BISHOP of Georgia (at the request 

of Ms. PELOSI) for today on account of 

official business in the district. 

Mr. HEINRICH (at the request of Ms. 

PELOSI) for today. 

Ms. JACKSON LEE of Texas (at the request of Ms. PELOSI) for today on account of pressing business. 

Ms. SUTTON (at the request of Ms. 

PELOSI) for today on account of travel 

delays. 

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BILL PRESENTED TO THE 

PRESIDENT 

Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, 

reported that on July 27, 2012, she presented to the President of the United 

States, for his approval, the following 

bill. 

H.R. 5872. To require the President to provide a report detailing the sequester required 

by the Budget Control Act of 2011 on January 

2, 2013. 

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ADJOURNMENT 

Mr. BISHOP of Utah. Mr. Speaker, I 

move that the House do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 9 o’clock and 47 minutes 

p.m.), under its previous order, the 

House adjourned until tomorrow, 

Wednesday, August 1, 2012, at 10 a.m. 

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for morning-hour debate. 

EXPENDITURE REPORTS CONCERNING OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL 

Reports concerning the foreign currencies and U.S. dollars utilized for Official Foreign Travel during the second quarter of 2012 pursuant to Public Law 95–384 are as follows: 

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON ETHICS, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1 AND JUNE 30, 2012 

Name of Member or employee 

Date 

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currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES 

Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return. ◊ 

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 

2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 

HON. JO BONNER, Chairman, July 9, 2012. 

REPORT OF EXPENDITURES FOR OFFICIAL FOREIGN TRAVEL, COMMITTEE ON HOUSE ADMINISTRATION, HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, EXPENDED BETWEEN APR. 1 AND JUNE 30, 2012 

Name of Member or employee 

Date 

Country 

Per diem1 Transportation Other purposes Total 

Arrival Departure Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

Foreign 

currency 

U.S. dollar 

equivalent 

or U.S. 

currency 2

HOUSE COMMITTEES 

Please Note: If there were no expenditures during the calendar quarter noted above, please check the box at right to so indicate and return. ◊ 

1 Per diem constitutes lodging and meals. 

2 If foreign currency is used, enter U.S. dollar equivalent; if U.S. currency is used, enter amount expended. 

HON. DANIEL E. LUNGREN, Chairman, July 10, 2012. 


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