Norman D. Dicks: “Speaking of a clean year, let's try to get rid of as many of those riders as we can, Mr. Chairman. You know it's the…”

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

In that respect I am totally supportive of what the gentleman is trying to accomplish. I yield back the balance of my time.

I have had a chance to talk to the distinguished chairman of the Defense Subcommittee, Mr. Young of Florida, about this issue. I can tell you, based on long experience, that no one cares more about our wounded warriors and also of those…

You don't need thousands of these weapons. A couple hundred, frankly, could take out Iran and almost any country you can imagine. So, again, we can't afford to do everything. We are in an era where we're dealing with terrorists, and we…