Steve Womack: “This is not fair to our citizens and their sense of sovereignty. This is not fair to our rule of law.”

Before I close, let me say, as most of my colleagues know and as Mr. Clyburn pointed out, my presence here today in the face of a terrible, personal hardship--the loss of my wife of over 41 years--I hope is indicative of the importance of…

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

I am going to take that 30 seconds and brag on this guy right here, Tom Cole. He has reengineered, somewhat reinvented a lost appropriations process, and I am eternally grateful. I know I speak for the American people in thanking Mr. Cole…

This is not an attempt to undo the Guard. It is a very small number of people.