[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 10723]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                    SEQUESTRATION OF DEFENSE DOLLARS

  (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, today I rise to share my frustration with 
the Congress' inaction on looming cuts coming to the Nation's defense 
budget.
  In America's First District, we have a deep military history. Many of 
my constituents have or continue to bravely serve their Nation in a 
military uniform. Set to take effect in January 2013, sequestration 
will cut billions of defense dollars at a time when we see so much 
unrest across the world and American troops still deployed in harm's 
way in Afghanistan.
  I am adamantly opposed to these catastrophic cuts and believe 
Congress must act now. Sequestration threatens the capability of our 
military to adequately protect this Nation. The Bipartisan Policy 
Center estimated that sequestration would result in a loss of about 1 
million jobs in 2013 and 2014. This is not simply American job loss; it 
is a loss of critical national security capability.
  Congress must not choose failure over making tough choices for the 
greater good of this country. Failure is an outcome we must not and 
cannot accept.

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