05/08/2012
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"Travel and tourism play a major role in our country's economy, with almost 8 million Americans in jobs tied to the tourism industry."
"the blunt and arbitrary cuts of the sequester are now in effect"
"I was encouraged by what Mr. Dow said earlier about visitors looking for authenticity and wanting to get a real feel of the United States."
"middle-class America hasn't seen a raise in a very long time"