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…

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.

Though I plan to withdraw this amendment, I seek to enter into a colloquy with my good friend, Chairman Conaway, regarding the Conservation Reserve Program and to express concern with the number of acres authorized in the CRP program in…

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 113, line 5, strike ``inserting a semicolon'' and insert ``inserting `; and' ''. Page 113, strike…

I thank the chairman for his leadership and commitment Mr. Chair, I ask unanimous consent to withdraw the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. Is there objection to the request of the gentleman from Alabama? There was no objection. The Acting…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of subtitle A of title IV, insert the following: SEC. __. MULTIVITAMIN-MINERAL DIETARY…

Mr. Kinzinger said that he takes national security as his top issue. It is the top responsibility for every single Member of Congress.

Some critical missions are impeded by jurisdictions that refuse to cooperate with DHS on enforcement of Federal law.

It would generate right at a $1 billion a year, half of that coming from Mexico, the other half from the other South American countries.

One of the things that my friend and colleague from Texas, Ms. Jackson Lee, requested information about a little while ago was whether or not Mexico or South America is going to help pay for the wall.

We cannot expect success fighting tomorrow's conflicts with yesterday's weapons or equipment.

If we fail to adapt the speed of relevance, our focus will lose.

I think that would be a big mistake. It would create more chaos than it solves and it would show that they don't have a strategy other than I'm leaving.

I think the broader strategy here, Anderson, is they have not gotten this right. The Obama administration didn't get it right. And I don't think Trump is getting it right.

Well, I mean, in military par lens, I'm sure it met their objectives. And I think that's what he was talking about. I'm not sure it weighed too much into the mission accomplished.

I believe that President Putin has clearly come to the conclusion that there is little price to pay here.

As administrator of the Transportation Security Administration, do you have the authority to secure the Southwestern Border of the United States if you wanted to do it?

I mean, it will happen. They're not going to be happy about this, because they want to get it right. They want to be able to tell their people why this is important and why we need to thwart the use of chemical weapons.

You need to articulate it or at least demonstrate it.

Listen, I was with Trump when he said, we shouldn't telegraph what we're doing tactically.

We need to keep up the pressure to denuclearize.

That confusion could be hurtful not only to our allies, but it emboldens our adversaries as well.

I agree you don't want us to be predictable on what your strategy on the ground is, but you absolutely need to be predictable on what your intentions are.