[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 11]
[House]
[Pages 14687-14688]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              LET'S STAY IN WASHINGTON AND FINISH THE JOB

  (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, Americans continue to look for work, to put 
food on the table, and to ensure their children have proper school 
supplies as fall comes into full swing. Yet the House is set to leave 
Washington today with many items on its to-do list.
  While Congress finishes up the work to pass a budget to fund the 
Federal Government, catastrophic cuts loom on the horizon, set to hit 
in January of 2013. Leaving these cuts unresolved is unconscionable. 
Not only is this the wrong message to send to the American people, it's 
simply not the right

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thing to do. Our all-volunteer force is at war, and these cuts threaten 
our national security. Furthermore, they threaten over 200,000 jobs in 
Virginia.
  Nine days remain before the new fiscal year begins. Congress should 
do the right thing and stay in Washington instead of ignoring the 
reality and delaying tough decisions. It's time to put governing over 
politics. Let's stay in Washington and finish the job that we were 
elected and expected to do.

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