[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 159 (2013), Part 7]
[House]
[Page 9774]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                 FEDERAL LEADERS SHOULD LEAD BY EXAMPLE

  (Mr. BARROW of Georgia asked and was given permission to address the 
House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BARROW of Georgia. Madam Speaker, very soon thousands of folks in 
my district in Georgia, and even more across the State, will be 
furloughed as a result of the budget sequester. Studies have shown that 
the sequester will cost the Georgia economy approximately $107 million. 
Meanwhile, reports circulated this week that President Obama's upcoming 
trip to Africa will cost the taxpayers nearly $100 million.
  Madam Speaker, no one here questions the need for security for our 
Commander in Chief, but we do question the need for such expensive 
trips when so many folks across the country are being forced to cut 
back because Congress can't get its act together. A trip of this 
magnitude isn't unusual, but these are hard times. $100 million could 
be better used to keep folks on the job.
  I urge the President and everyone at the Federal level to lead by 
example and not take the fact that Congress can't get its act together 
and rub that in the faces of hardworking Americans.

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