Let's be clear. There is no money in the authorizing bill for Afghanistan, so the gentleman's worries are misplaced. In fact, if he wasn't bringing up this amendment, we wouldn't even be talking about it. So that last little bit there was…

I think it is important to point out in this amendment that our allies have very much stepped up in the war in Ukraine. This was about a week ago now. The stats may be a little bit different. The United States actually ranks 13th in terms…

This prohibits the President from funding anything, including all of that other stuff, so it goes beyond what is in the bill. He implied that in the bill we are funding this. The executive branch is a different thing. His amendment would…

The point of all this is whether or not sustainability should be an objective that we work toward in our building materials. What this amendment does is it undermines the ability to get to that goal of sustainability. Now, sustainability…

It is obvious to me that the Republican majority doesn't understand what diversity, equity, and inclusion is, so I am going to attempt to explain it this way. We need to be intentional in recruiting from populations that have been…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Virginia will be postponed. Amendment No. 48 offered by Ms. Greene of Georgia The Acting…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Florida will be postponed. The Chair understands amendment No. 42 will not be offered. The…

What this amendment before us says, it says you cannot teach that the Constitution is a racist document. As Mrs. McClellan pointed out, the Constitution says that Black people are three-fifths of a person. The problem here is that we are…

I think the comments made by my colleague were perfectly appropriate. We have to deal with China and a whole series of issues, but to say that we should not collaborate with them on basic scientific research, that as was bluntly stated…

The ignorance contained in these comments is really breathtaking. Transgender people who have normal, regular healthcare are no more likely to commit suicide than anybody else. Basically, the statistics he is showing say once somebody…

I actually think the gentleman is correct. China and Russia are very closely aligned, and if you are concerned about Chinese aggression in the world, you must also be concerned about Russian aggression. I also note that when he quoted me…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from South Carolina will be postponed. amendment no. 21 offered by ms. greene of georgia The…

Just building off of that is really important. I think the President and a whole lot of people have over and over explained what we are doing in Ukraine. We should not fight every war everywhere. I agree with that. That is why I strongly…

It is one of the great myths of this situation that we don't have a mission. The Biden administration has laid out a very, very clear plan, as I said at the outset, and that plan is to do everything we can to help preserve a sovereign…

First of all, we haven't actually used the lend-lease provision yet, so there is nothing to exercise oversight on. It is not clear whether or not it will be used. Mr. Chairman, I want to address the larger issue which has been raised, and…

I believe we have the right to close, and I reserve the balance of my time.

President Biden's policy on Ukraine has been clear and it has got two pieces: First, do what we can to support Ukraine, to make sure that a sovereign democratic Ukraine survives; second, don't go to war with Russia. So it is the red…

I claim the time in opposition, and I yield myself 2 minutes. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.