Steve Womack: “How can you sit here with a straight face and tell this committee... that this President has done anything but lead?”

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…

General Saltzman has a very small entity... but a very important one. His mission is absolutely critical in the country.

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

I would be remiss if I didn't acknowledge the last speaker, my friend, Earl Blumenauer. It was a source of pride for me to be here on the floor this morning and see the gentleman's last speech on the floor of the House of Representatives…