Norman D. Dicks: “all of the changes that we made last year in this budget to deal with these programs like the Johnson-O'Malley and the…”

I, too, echo the gentleman's interest in the field of directed energy and solid-state laser technology. With the threats and environment that the warfighter and the intelligence community are facing, the addition of new technologies that…

The three of you have grayer hair than I do, and that means you have wisdom and experience along with it. I just want to say that I've enjoyed working with all three of you. Bill Young and I have worked together for many years. Jerry Lewis…

One issue that didn't come up today was this question of what are we going to do at the end of this year with sequestration, and there was some discussion of an amendment that didn't happen because of points of order and other possible…

I look forward to working with the gentleman on this issue, and I yield back the balance of my time.