[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 2]
[House]
[Page 1484]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    PRESIDENT'S BUDGET IS POLITICAL

  (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, yesterday the President 
released his budget for 2013, which calls for a cut in defense 
spending, for the first time since 1998, by almost $500 billion. It is 
clear the President is simply taking resources away from our military 
capabilities and using the funds to grow the size of government to 
promote more unsustainable domestic programs, putting senior citizens 
at risk of a devalued dollar and burdening young people and college 
students with crushing debt.
  Instead of focusing on stopping defense cut sequestration, the 
President is putting our national security at risk and our allies in 
jeopardy during a time of international instability.
  Cutting our defense budget with record-breaking tax increases 
destroying jobs will not reduce the national deficit, but only 
represents a diversion of funds. I urge the President to recognize the 
primary function of the national government is national defense, to 
provide peace through strength.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and we will never forget 
September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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