Mr. President, section 36(b) of the Arms Export Control Act requires that Congress receive prior notification of certain proposed arms sales as defined by that statute. Upon such notification, the Congress has 30 calendar days during which…

one of the mechanisms they use to do it is to try to promote data localization requirements around the world.

authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it.

it is my belief that when we back away from that, we lose our credibility around the world

Mr. President, November 19, 2023, marks the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, WDoR, commemorating the millions of people killed and injured by the devastating cost of car crashes. On this day, communities across the Nation…

part of our overall digital and data strategy has to be to promote American innovation, support American values including promoting human rights.

it is my belief that when we back away from that, we lose our credibility around the world

authoritarian regimes fear the open flow of information and data and try to put up walls and barriers against it.

one of the mechanisms they use to do it is to try to promote data localization requirements around the world.

part of our overall digital and data strategy has to be to promote American innovation, support American values including promoting human rights.

I agree with the gentlewoman from Connecticut when she said we need to fund the SNS. That is the bottom line. Mr. Chair, you read the Constitution like I read it. National Defense is one of the things outlined for Congress in the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 70, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $119,000,000)''. Page 92, line 12, after the…

This amendment is similar to the last one. It takes money from the NIH buildings and facilities funds, which, under authorization of law, can be transferred back from HHS' nonrecurring expense fund and transfers $100 million of that to the…

To pay for this, we take money from the NIH buildings and facilities. That is true. However, Mr. Chairman, you know that the way CBO works is that we had to take it from that fund because we expect that money to be replaced from the…

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Maryland has 1\1/2\ minutes remaining.

The dangers in the world are immense. China and North Korea both, obviously, are nuclear and nonconventional weapons threats. We are looking at a war in Israel right now with the possibility that Iran could make a dirty bomb. There are…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 70, line 5, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $59,000,000)''. Page 92, line 12, after the…

Mr. President, reserving the right to object, at this moment of danger and peril around the world, we, the United States of America, must support our friends and democracies that are under attack from brutal adversaries. That means…