November 13, 2012 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 158, Pt. 11 15077 HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES—Tuesday, November 13, 2012 The House met at noon and was SEQUESTRATION IS TARGETING four Americans. It is imperative that called to order by the Speaker. OUR MILITARY we find out the truth about Benghazi, wherever it leads, whoever it affects. f (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to ad- f PRAYER dress the House for 1 minute and to re- THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION The Chaplain, the Reverend Patrick vise and extend his remarks.) CONTINUES TO BLOCK INFORMA- J. Conroy, offered the following prayer: Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. TION Speaker, yesterday with Veterans Day, Loving and gracious God, we give (Mr. BURGESS asked and was given our country celebrated and remem- You thanks for giving us another day. permission to address the House for 1 bered the brave men and women who As the Members of the people’s House minute and to revise and extend his re- have served in our Armed Forces, dedi- regather after our biennial elections, marks.) may Your spirit of peace descend upon cating their lives to protecting our Mr. BURGESS. Mr. Speaker, on Sep- them. As the 112th Congress moves to- freedom and keeping American fami- tember 11 of this year, four Americans, ward a close, may all here attend to lies safe. Unfortunately, sequestration including our United States ambas- the business at hand, providing what is is targeting these honorable individ- sador, were killed in an attack at the needed for the benefit of our Nation. uals and our national security by being Benghazi consulate. May all Members, regardless of the implemented unless taxes are in- On September 25, I sent a letter to outcome of the election, trust that creased. Defense spending, according to President Obama regarding the numer- their future service, be it in the House The Hill newspaper, is 15.1 percent of ous inconsistencies voiced by people or not, will be imbued with Your grace. the budget but is subject to 50 percent within his administration and what May they be confident that Americans of the cuts. they were saying following the attack. of goodwill are grateful for their serv- Raising taxes during times of eco- I have not heard back. ice in the past and wish them well into nomic uncertainty limits the creation On November 1, I emailed the State the future. of new jobs. America’s small businesses Department, requesting they speak We ask Your blessing as well on should be encouraged to create jobs. with me, for more information. Our of- those newly elected who will be joining This will reduce the unsustainable def- fice emailed every business day and re- this assembly for the 113th Congress. icit. House Republicans were reelected ceived no response until November 7. May their transition into office be last week on the premise of not voting Then, in a scripted response, they re- smooth and marked by the civility of to raise taxes. I support the legislation fused my request to speak with me. No democratic change of government, of House Armed Services Committee one, not one person, is willing to talk which is the rightful pride of the Chairman BUCK MCKEON to stop se- about the details. United States of America. questration and promote peace through Since they wouldn’t talk to me in the And finally, we ask Your blessing on strength. privacy of my office, let me just ask America’s veterans. May our Nation be In conclusion, God bless our troops, them here in a public forum: Why did faithful to them, providing whatever and we will never forget September the our ambassador die, and how did our their needs may be after they gave 11th in the global war or terrorism. ambassador die? It’s been 2 months. years of their lives in service rather f You should know. Was it smoke inhala- than personal gain. They are an inspi- THE TRUTH ABOUT BENGHAZI tion, or was it some other cause? Was ration to us. We should not forget nor there physical evidence of torture on neglect our responsibility to them. (Mr. KUCINICH asked and was given the ambassador’s body as it was re- May all that is done this day be for permission to address the House for 1 turned? And why were the bodies re- Your greater honor and glory. minute.) turned to Andrews Air Force Base Amen. Mr. KUCINICH. We put together a bi- when protocol dictates they go to partisan congressional coalition to try Dover for the immediate investigation? f to stop the war in Libya. That four These questions need to be answered. THE JOURNAL Americans, including our ambassador, The State Department needs to be were killed confirmed our worst fears: forthcoming. The administration needs The SPEAKER. The Chair has exam- that American power was being used to to be forthcoming. ined the Journal of the last day’s pro- open the door for jihadists, creating I pray this Congress will exercise ceedings and announces to the House more instability in the region. that authority. his approval thereof. Congress still doesn’t know why our f Pursuant to clause 1, rule I, the Jour- people in Libya were left vulnerable. nal stands approved. We still don’t know why the U.S. mili- THE OUTPOURING OF VOLUN- TEERS IN REBUILDING NEW JER- f tary was not sent to their defense. It is of the highest importance that General SEY PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE Petraeus, who led the CIA at the time, (Mr. PALLONE asked and was given The SPEAKER. Will the gentleman be brought before Congress to testify permission to address the House for 1 from South Carolina (Mr. WILSON) as to what really happened in minute.) come forward and lead the House in the Benghazi, whether there was a security Mr. PALLONE. Mr. Speaker, I want- Pledge of Allegiance. lapse or whether the administration ed to point out to my colleagues that Mr. WILSON of South Carolina led temporized on security and stood down the damage in my district and through- the Pledge of Allegiance as follows: to mollify violent, disparate groups out my State in the aftermath of Hur- I pledge allegiance to the Flag of the which have nothing in common with ricane Sandy was nothing less than United States of America, and to the Repub- our Nation. catastrophic. But I really want to talk lic for which it stands, one nation under God, U.S. involvement in Libya is a dis- about the rebuilding effort today and indivisible, with liberty and justice for all. aster, compounded by the deaths of what we need to do over the long term. b This symbol represents the time of day during the House proceedings, e.g., b 1407 is 2:07 p.m. Matter set in this typeface indicates words inserted or appended, rather than spoken, by a Member of the House on the floor. VerDate Sep 11 2014 12:44 Jun 21, 2017 Jkt 019102 PO 00000 Frm 00001 Fmt 0688 Sfmt 0634 E:\BR12\H13NO2.000 H13NO2 pmangrum on DSK3GDR082PROD with BOUND RECORD 15078 CONGRESSIONAL RECORD—HOUSE, Vol. 158, Pt. 11 November 13, 2012 The amount of outpouring, if you b 1410 Accordingly (at 2 o’clock and 12 min- will, from volunteers, from just regular EU EMISSIONS TRADING SCHEME utes p.m.), the House stood in recess. people in the district, was just over- PROHIBITION f whelming. I want to thank FEMA. I want to thank the Red Cross, the Sal- (Mrs. BLACKBURN asked and was b 1702 given permission to address the House vation Army, and all the different AFTER RECESS for 1 minute and to revise and extend groups that are out there and continue The recess having expired, the House to be out there today helping with this her remarks.) Mrs. BLACKBURN. Mr. Speaker, a was called to order by the Speaker pro effort. The outpouring of volunteers little bit later today the House is going tempore (Mr. WOMACK) at 5 o’clock and from our own district and from New to vote on the European Union Emis- 2 minutes p.m. Jersey was just incredible. sions Trading Scheme Prohibition Act. f Just a few days ago, I remember This is a bill that is very important to going to Union Beach, which was one of our civilian and civil aviation opera- ANNOUNCEMENT BY THE SPEAKER the towns that was hardest hit, and tors. It would block them from partici- PRO TEMPORE seeing so many people bring in food pating in the European Union’s emis- The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursu- and clothing and cleaning supplies. One sion trading scheme. ant to clause 8 of rule XX, the Chair guy who owns a pizza place brought in Now the reason this is important is will postpone further proceedings a pizza oven and was making pizzas, because of this: according to today on motions to suspend the rules and another guy brought in a TV so Bloomberg news, the inclusion of the on which a recorded vote or the yeas people could watch TV at the center airline industry in the EU’s 2005 cap- and nays are ordered, or on which the where people come to sign up for and-trade program will cost U.S. air- vote incurs objection under clause 6 of FEMA. It was just amazing. It showed line companies between—get this—$10.1 rule XX. the spirit, if you will, of the people billion and $39.4 billion from 2012 to Record votes on postponed questions that they were willing to do that.