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\u00bb Pearce took $19,525 flight to Egypt | ABQ Journal<\/a> <\/p>\n Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., booked a $19,525 flight to Egypt last November, paid for by taxpayers, to visit members of the New Mexico National Guard, according to U.S. House foreign travel reports. \u2026<\/p>\n An online search for round-trip airfare between Hobbs \u2013 Pearce\u2019s hometown, where staff said the trip originated \u2013 and Cairo, leaving in less than two weeks with travel on same days of the week as Pearce, found tickets starting at $2,477.<\/p>\n That short-notice fare totals less than 13 percent of what taxpayers paid for Pearce\u2019s trip. Fares for travel to Egypt leaving from Washington, D.C., were less than half that price, starting at $1,056. \u2026<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Pearce has repeatedly warned that he believes financial belt-tightening is needed to catch up with Washington\u2019s \u201cspending problem.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cGet yourselves efficient,\u201d Pearce advised New Mexico federal workers in January amid a congressional fight on sequestration budget cuts that have since taken effect. \u201c\u2026 I encourage the people in New Mexico to lead by example. Tighten your own belt<\/font> and you\u2019ll find yourself a winner as these cuts happen.\u201d<\/p>\n The trip to Egypt wasn\u2019t Pearce\u2019s only trip to a foreign country within the past year. Other travel included trips to Ghana, the United Arab Emirates and Germany, although those trips had the international travel provided by the military, an option available to members of Congress.<\/p>\n Other members of New Mexico\u2019s House delegation did not report any official foreign travel in 2012, according to House foreign travel records.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n \u00bb Pearce took $19,525 flight to Egypt | ABQ Journal<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Our conservative. \u00bb Pearce took $19,525 flight to Egypt | ABQ Journal Rep. Steve Pearce, R-N.M., booked a $19,525 flight to Egypt last November, paid for by taxpayers, to visit members of the New Mexico National Guard, according to U.S. House foreign travel reports. \u2026 An online search for round-trip airfare between Hobbs \u2013 Pearce\u2019s … Continue reading Pearce took $19,525 flight to Egypt (fiscal hypocrite)<\/span> \n