I rise in strong opposition to this amendment. The Department of Defense was not spared from cuts. The bill already slashes $15 billion from the President's request for FY11. This amendment would take it down another $18 billion, or $33…

I have known Jane for 42 years. She was a staff assistant to Senator Tunney when I was a staff assistant to Senator Magnuson. We have worked together as colleagues ever since. We love Sidney. We are so excited that there still is a Woodrow…

And you would think that the gentleman from California would be interested in letting the local community come to a decision on this rather than imposing it from Washington, D.C., and overturning what this local group of people have been…

I rise in opposition to this amendment. Secretary Gates has worked out a reduction in the troop force that will occur later in the FYDP. I think under the circumstances with the troops in Afghanistan, we are bringing in troops out of Iraq…

That's the point. It would cost more to fix these dams up. That's the problem we faced on the Elwha. Even though the dams were there, the cost was so high to fix them up that it was better to take them out. Now, this study will just look…

I just want to rise in very strong opposition. Being a westerner, I have counties in my district that receive these payments. I think it's justified. I appreciate the fact that the new majority has tried to protect these payments. It's…

I appreciate the gentleman's point. As I have been told, there has been an effort to try and keep 50 percent of the people and the activities in your area in Virginia, and that's one of the most important defense areas the country has. So…

This amendment would prohibit the Department of Defense from spending any funds--any--for official representation due to a lack of auditable financial statements. Now, I completely agree with the gentleman on the point that we need to get…

The amendment would prohibit the use of funds to take any action to dis-establish the Joint Forces Command. In FY 2010, Secretary of Defense Gates recommended dis-establishing the Joint Forces Command, and included this as part of his…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to rise in strong opposition to this amendment. First of all, working together on a bipartisan basis for the first time, we cut nearly $15 billion from the Obama budget request in 2011 for defense, and we…

I agree with the gentleman. I've been down there on that southern border. I would just point out, though, that yesterday we killed the National Drug Intelligence Center, which is used by the Justice Department to try and target the people…

We have already had a straight up-or-down vote on the Osprey and resoundingly supported it here in the committee. On the expeditionary fighting vehicle, there's a decision been made by the Secretary of the Navy to end this program. What…