[Congressional Record Volume 158, Number 110 (Monday, July 23, 2012)]
[House]
[Page H5117]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




      SEQUESTRATION TARGETS DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE CIVILIAN WORKERS

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, this month, in Politico, 
Todd Harrison, a defense analyst at the Center for Strategic and 
Budgetary Assessments, warned of the impacts that sequestration will 
have on the Department of Defense civilian work force if action is not 
taken.
  If sequestration is implemented, Harrison warns the Department of 
Defense civilian employees ``could see, 10, 15 or even a higher 
percentage being laid off or furloughed shortly after sequestration 
goes into effect.'' Over 200,000 jobs are at risk in the State of 
Virginia alone.
  I support Armed Services Committee Chairman Buck McKeon's efforts to 
protect our national security, and also to protect up to one million 
jobs that will be destroyed as a result of sequestration. Job loss 
could be as high as 2.14 million.
  With a record unemployment rate now of 8 percent for over the past 41 
months, the President and Senate should adopt bills that have already 
been passed by the House.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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