Norman D. Dicks: “I yield 2 minutes to the distinguished gentlewoman from New York, the ranking member of the State-Foreign Operations…”

I can assure the gentleman from New Jersey that the committee intends to fund those programs that most effectively minimize suicides. And I'd point out that in most of these situations, this money is going to be competitively awarded. But…

Tom Foley was my friend, mentor, and colleague in the House of Representatives.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This will be a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 329, noes 91, not voting 9, as follows: [Roll No. 579] AYES--329…

I rise to seek the chairman's support in addressing an issue of which he is deeply and painfully aware: the rapidly increasing numbers of cases of amputations, post-traumatic stress disorder, and traumatic brain injury suffered by our…