Steve Womack: “The fiscal year 2024 budget request for the SEC is $265 million above fiscal year 2023 enacted levels.”

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

Testing the boundaries a little, I would expect that.

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…

By the way, I have got to leave here in a minute and go meet with the city of Fort Smith board of directors.