Does the Department of Defense believe President Obama's nuclear modernization plans are undercutting nuclear nonproliferation efforts?

It is a distinct honor and privilege to appear before you today.

I claim the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Hultgren). The gentleman from Alabama is recognized for 5 minutes.

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 Alabama will be postponed. Amendment No. 13 Offered by Mr. Quigley The Acting CHAIR. It is…

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 31, line 8, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $108,515,000)''. Page 31, line 20, after the…

I would like to close by saying that it is essential that we keep this modernization pace that we have got in place. Vote ``no'' on this amendment. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I would just close by saying I have enormous respect for the gentleman from New Jersey. I just disagree on this particular issue. I would like to point out the GAO language in particular for this offset that I have offered. GAO says: The…

As chairman of the Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, I am deeply familiar with our nuclear forces. I want to urge my colleagues to vote ``no'' on this amendment. Two successive Secretaries of Defense have said that nuclear deterrence is…

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I want to help you do that.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Yes, as you know--that is fine. That is much better than doing nothing and it is much better than the equipment we use.

You know I am a big fan of that technology.

My bill is going to allow more airports to hire private contractors capable of managing day-to-day operations.

It has been 191 days since I requested that information.

I think you are a good man, a competent man who has been given an impossible task to administer the TSA.

One of the reasons I am so focused on these, is in my trips to the Southwest Border, we have had just a world of trouble with cameras.

As chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, I understand that the responsiveness and distributed nature of our ICBMs are their most critical feature and their unique contribution to our nuclear triad. Without ICBMs, an adversary…

I appreciate my friend's remarks, and I agree. I like Mr. Moniz. I think the Secretary is a fine man and he is trying to do the right thing. I have had a conversation with the ranking member earlier today, but I haven't had a chance to…

I thank my friend from Tennessee, and I urge my friends in the House to vote ``yes.'' I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Alabama (Mr. Rogers). The amendment…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of this amendment, and I am as frustrated as anybody that we are having to be here today. Secretary Carter has often said, and I agree with him completely, that the…

I offer a simple amendment to defend congressional prerogatives and ensure Congress is getting full information from the administration regarding one of our Nation's highest priority defense missions: nuclear deterrence. Several years ago…

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 B of title XXXI, add the following new section: SEC. 31__. LIMITATION ON…

I would like to thank the distinguished chairman of the House Armed Services Committee for his leadership in bringing what I think is a very good NDAA bill to the floor. This is the 55th consecutive NDAA. This is not an easy bill to…

I mean sometimes he talks about engagement. I mean his clearly saying he wants to be more engaged with Putin, that's clearly a diplomatic engagement strategy.