H5760 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD — HOUSE September 10, 2012 

can use more of it is we store more 

water. Yet we have policies that are 

keeping us from storing more water, 

adding yet to the uncertainty of our 

farmers and ranchers who desperately 

need it. 

And so whether it’s the tax increases 

that we see at the end of this year, if 

nothing is done, the estate tax, income 

tax rates, capital gains rates, and you 

mentioned that this isn’t just a big tax 

increase. This isn’t just a large one for 

the United States. This is the largest 

we’ve ever seen, not only in the United 

States, but around the globe. 

Mr. HUELSKAMP. Fifty-five percent 

death tax. I mean, that’s the one that 

hits the heart of my small businessmen 

and -women. And they’re trying to 

hand on their business to their children 

or their grandchildren or someone else 

they choose, and government’s going to 

come in and grab up to 55 percent of 

that estate, and that impacts farmers 

and ranchers in particular, and many 

other small businesses. 

The very heart of economic recoveries in this country have always been 

driven by small business. It isn’t the 

folks that hire a thousand people at a 

time. It’s the ones that take—add one 

person, or take a part-time person to 

full time. And that’s what I’m hearing 

at home, and they’re frustrated. But 

they’re ready to roll up their sleeves 

and go to work, and they expect Congress and Washington to do the same. 

Mr. GARDNER. You mentioned optimism for the country, and I carry the 

same optimism, too, because the people 

that we work for believe that this continues to be the greatest Nation on the 

face of this Earth. If we have Congress, 

if we have Washington that’s actually 

getting its job done, that will pass the 

regulations to make it easier to do 

business—excuse me, to repeal the regulations in this country to make it 

easier to do business, to make sure 

that we don’t increase taxes to hurt 

their small businesses, better days are 

still ahead of us. 

Mr. HUELSKAMP. Oh, tremendous 

days are ahead of us. They say, hey, 

just stop doing a little of what you’re 

doing. I’ll even admit it. Some of them 

even say, you know what, what’s there 

right now, as much as I don’t like it, if 

you could just keep it the same. Two 

years. Give us a breather. Give us a 

moratorium. We’d like to roll them 

back, but give us a moratorium, some 

certainty on taxes, on regulations, on 

health care, and, TIM, we’ll take care of 

your revenue problems. We’ll do it for 

you. 

Mrs. ROBY. The only thing that we 

all can agree on is that the only thing 

that is certain is that uncertainty; and 

to hear the consistency in all of our experiences back home, it’s astounding to 

me why we cannot—why the President 

and the leadership in the Senate cannot see this, because if they’re really 

listening to the same Americans that 

you and I are listening to, they would 

hear the same message that we’ve 

brought to the floor tonight. 

Mr. Speaker, the choice for the President and the Senate is very, very clear. 

It’s either political paralysis that leads 

to certain economic catastrophe, or bipartisan leadership that puts us on a 

path towards prosperity. 

And I would just ask that they keep 

in mind a few people. Remember who 

this economy has hit the hardest. 

You’ve heard stories tonight in this 

hour of those business owners that 

have said just that. 

Remember the moms at the grocery 

store that are trying to put food on the 

table for their family or gas in the car 

to get to their one or maybe two jobs. 

Remember the young people, the recent graduates that we’ve talked about 

that can’t find a job; and half of them 

in the class of 2012 are unemployed and 

they are drowning in debt. 

All of these groups, all of these 

groups, they deserve leadership out of 

Washington, not lip service. 

With that, Mr. Speaker, I yield back 

the balance of my time. 

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LEAVE OF ABSENCE 

By unanimous consent, leave of absence was granted to: 

Mrs. NAPOLITANO (at the request of 

Ms. PELOSI) for today. 

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BILLS PRESENTED TO THE 

PRESIDENT 

Karen L. Haas, Clerk of the House, 

reported that on August 7, 2012, she 

presented to the President of the 

United States, for his approval, the following bills. 

H.R. 4240. To reauthorize the North Korean 

Human Rights Act of 2004, and for other purposes. 

H.R. 1402. To authorize the Architect of the 

Capitol to establish battery recharging stations for privately owned vehicles in parking 

areas under the jurisdiction of the House of 

Representatives at no net cost to the Federal 

Government. 

H.R. 3670. To require the Transportation 

Security Administration to comply with the 

Uniformed Services Employment and Reemployment Rights Act. 

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ADJOURNMENT 

Mrs. ROBY. Mr. Speaker, I move that 

the House do now adjourn. 

The motion was agreed to; accordingly (at 8 o’clock and 54 minutes 

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

House adjourned until tomorrow, Tuesday, September 11, 2012, at 10 a.m. for 

morning-hour debate. 

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EXECUTIVE COMMUNICATIONS, 

ETC. 

Under clause 2 of rule XIV, executive 

communications were taken from the 

Speaker’s table and referred as follows: 

7439. A letter from the Branch Chief, Planning and Regulatory Affairs, Department of 

Agriculture, transmitting the Department’s 

final rule — Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program: Disqualified Recipient Reporting and Computer Matching Requirements received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7440. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Bacillus thuringiensis 

eCry3.1Ab Protein in Corn; Exemption from 

the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPA-HQOPP-2012-0109; FRL-9357-4] received August 7, 

2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the 

Committee on Agriculture. 

7441. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Flutriafol; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0875; FRL-9348-8] 

received August 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 

801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7442. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Paraquat Dichloride; Pesticide Tolerances [EPA-HQ-OPP-2010-0637; 

FRL-9357-1] received August 7, 2012, pursuant 

to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on 

Agriculture. 

7443. A letter from the Director, Regulatory Management Division, Environmental 

Protection Agency, transmitting the Agency’s final rule — Residues of Didecyl dimethyl ammonium chloride; Exemption 

from the Requirement of a Tolerance [EPAHQ-OPP-2011-0139; FRL-9356-6] received August 7, 2012, pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); 

to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7444. A letter from the Chairman and Chief 

Executive Officer, Farm Credit Administration, transmitting the Administration’s final 

rule — Farm Credit Administration Board 

Meetings; Organization; Standards of Conduct and Referral of Suspected or Known 

Criminal Violations; Definitions; Disclosure 

to Shareholders; Accounting and Reporting 

Requirements; Rules of Practice and Procedure; Practice Before the Farm Credit Administration; and Disclosure to Investors in 

System-wide and Consolidated Bank Debt 

Obligations of the Farm Credit System; Unincorporated Business Entities (RIN: 3052- 

AC65) received August 28, 2012, pursuant to 5 

U.S.C. 801(a)(1)(A); to the Committee on Agriculture. 

7445. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a report of a violation of the Antideficiency Act, 

Air Force Case Number 10-04; to the Committee on Appropriations. 

7446. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 

on the activities of the Defense Industrial 

Base Capabilities Fund during FY 2011, pursuant to Public Law 108-136, section 814(f)(2) 

(117 Stat. 1545); to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

7447. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 

on the approved retirement of Vice Admiral 

Dirk J. Debbink, United States Navy, and 

his advancement to the grade of vice admiral 

on the retired list; to the Committee on 

Armed Services. 

7448. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 

on the approved retirement of Admiral John 

C. Harvey, Jr., United States Navy, and his 

advancement to the grade of admiral on the 

retired list; to the Committee on Armed 

Services. 

7449. A letter from the Under Secretary, 

Department of Defense, transmitting a letter 

on the approved retirement of Lieutenant 

General Frank A. Panter Jr., United States 

Marine Corps, and his advancement on the 

retired list in the grade of lieutenant general; to the Committee on Armed Services. 

7450. A letter from the Principal Deputy, 

Department of Defense, transmitting authorization of five officers to wear the authorized 


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