Steve Womack: “I claim the time in opposition to the gentlewoman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Arkansas is…”

I do think it is a bit dangerous, though, for us to enter into an era where we are usurping the authority of our Governors.

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

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

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…