I claim time in opposition to this amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

House Resolution 908 provides for complete consideration of H.R. 5515, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2019. The rule makes in order 168 amendments to go along with the previous 103 amendments made in order by…

I have listened to the gentlewoman's comments, and she probably is unaware of the fact that we are presently undergoing for the first time in the history of the Department of Defense a full Department-wide audit. We are already getting…

Let's compare the records of the Republicans and the Democrats and who has the most open Congress. As of May 23 of this year, Republicans in this Congress have provided for consideration of over 1,130 amendments on the House floor. Over…

If you cut diplomats, you are going to have to buy more bullets.

You brought up several things that I think are very relevant and very interesting.

God knows we hope and pray.

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with Senator Leahy, Senator Isakson, and Senator Tester. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered.

If the political situation in Iraq does not enfranchise the Sunnis, then you have a potential rise again of a radical Islamist organization in Syria.

I once again urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California (Mr. Garamendi). The question was taken; and the Acting…

This amendment is very similar to NDAA amendments that have been presented to and rejected by this House each of the last 4 years in a row. One of the reasons this amendment has failed so many times is that even the Obama administration…

I thank Chairman Thornberry and Ranking Member Smith for their leadership in bringing this year's NDAA to the floor with another overwhelmingly bipartisan vote of 60-1 out of our committee. I also thank my friend, the gentleman from…

We rise today to speak about the VA MISSION Act, bipartisan legislation that would make much needed reforms to the VA Choice and VA Community Care programs. Among these reforms, the existing VA Choice program, funded as a mandatory…

I never thought that we, Congress, and several Administrations would let that happen.

The goal of radical Islamist movement, whether it is al-Qaeda or whether it is ISIS does have a global objective to it. Replace western civilization.

Where was Treasury when you had people driving Mercedes or renting office space in the Taj Mahal?

the program is virtually shut down.

I think the whole point of the program was to help people who owned their homes to be able to stay in their homes.