I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of H.R. 1471, the FEMA Disaster Assistance Reform Act, and I thank the chairman and ranking member for their fine work. The bill contains a bipartisan provision which I had…

There is nobody better. It is incredible the passion that you have for the border.

I am a Michigan girl. Time for me to go home to Michigan, to the world's 2 most beautiful grandchildren.

But without the direction from Congress in this case.

As every single one of the witnesses agrees that Congress could, if we decided to, take a hand and correct this imbalance.

Thank you both for what you do for our country, General Votel, for your service.

In last year's fiscal year 2016 NDAA we were able to... obtain money for Israel to do tunnel detection.

But Congress did not ask for this.

What we have here is, as a witness has suggested, is a failure of Congress, not something to criticize President Obama about.

We have not taken up the authorization for use of military force.

Well, this will be sorted out in the courts.

We could have taken that up right here, maybe amended it, but we were prevented from that vote on the House floor.

the reason why I asked the question is because a recurring theme back home in Kentucky among my constituents is, why are we engaged in the practice of appropriating funds for foreign aid to countries that hate us?

I would like to thank the panel for coming today and appearing to discuss the important issue of stopping terrorist financing in the developing world.

It is about building relationships.

I need--the world, our country, needs these actual assets or bank--these things closed or shut down, these institutions, these particular accounts, these folks.

I felt, Mr. Chairman, because you asked the question, that I did not have a Treasury attache at post but I did call upon them on a case-by-case basis.

I ask that you urgently consider the Navy's unfunded request and add 12 F/A-18 Super Hornets to the President's budget to address the tactical aviation shortfall and, more importantly, the warfighters' needs.