Steve Womack: “I will not be able to support the level of spending included in the President's budget.”

I claim the time in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is recognized for 5 minutes.

I thank my ranking member for yielding. With all due respect to my colleague, I rise in opposition to the amendment. This bill funded the Office of the Vice President at a 20 percent cut from last year, so we have taken steps to send that…

There are only about 578 people that will be affected by this. You know, the Guard is over 100,000.

Testing the boundaries a little, I would expect that.