Steve Womack: “I would assume I would get an affirmative response from every single one of you that in a future infrastructure package…”

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…

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

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

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…