Mr. Speaker, I ask unanimous consent to take from the Speaker's table the bill (H.R. 770) to require the Secretary of the Treasury to mint coins in recognition of American innovation and significant innovation and pioneering efforts of…

They want to impeach you and indict you and get rid of you. They want to undermine this investigation.

The IRS is not working. It is not functioning to help taxpayers.

By 2015, just 3 years ago, only 37 percent of calls were being answered.

Only half of the calls were being answered when a taxpayer would call the IRS.

I agree that America's taxpayers should have their telephones answered if they call the Internal Revenue Service.

We believe it has been more truncated since 20 years ago with the reforms in place. We need to get back to a system where people feel they have an absolute right to appeal.

I think it started off pretty well, and then, because of lack of support by every administration, frankly, along the way, it kind of fell to the wayside.

I do think that, if you are confirmed, that this committee is going to be very interested in working with you on IRS reform.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 23, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $50,000,000) (increased by…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I want to thank the ranking member for his work on this Defense Appropriations bill as well as Congresswoman Granger. In particular, I want to thank my colleague, Mr. Courtney, for his…

Mr. Chairman, I thank the gentlewoman for her support and her work, along with Ranking Member Visclosky's work on the Defense Appropriations bill, and in particular their support of the Assurance Cyber Scholarship. Mr. Chair, I yield back…

Mr. Chairman, I spoke a little bit earlier on the cyber scholarship program, so I reserve the balance of my time.

Mr. Chairman, I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 32, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $10,000,000)''. Page 32, line…

Mr. Chairman, I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, I would like to thank the Rules Committee for making my amendment in order, as well as Chairwoman Granger and Ranking Member Visclosky for their hard work on this…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. You always make my day.

Without properly maintained ships, vehicles, aircraft, and weapon systems, our forces cannot perform necessary training required to build readiness or meet the operational requirements that are placed upon them.

I have long stated that just as important as it is to provide our service members with new, modernized equipment, we must fully maintain the assets that we already have.