Steve Womack

Well, all I will say, and I will leave the subject, is that it is clear that multivendor cloud environments are widely used, widely used by large organizations, for a simple reason: They increase competition, they improve security and…

I have strong concerns about how the approach by the Department of Defense in this arena seems to be geared toward, you know, producing a desired outcome with a specific vendor.

The 2-year budget, has been--was proven effective, was it not, to create certainty?

I hope the Congress is paying attention.

So as a former Guard guy, I can tell you, Mr. Chairman, the Combat Training Center rotation is the pinnacle.

I will get off my high horse on it and beg and plead with my colleagues to look for solutions to this problem.

I expect that maybe this year we are going to go right back into that pattern of waiting until the last minute to do something.

I would argue that if the institutions are so incredibly important that people around this dais would nominate their best and brightest young men and women to go there that they deserve to not be neglected from a recapitalization…

I think because we have--all of us have vetting processes of some type to send our best and brightest young men and women to these academies, a very prestigious honor, that it deserves to have the superintendents of these institutions down…

CBO says, 'As a percentage of GDP, spending on mandatory programs is going higher. But spending on discretionary programs, as a percentage of GDP, is going lower.'

The threat, I think we could all agree, is probably elevated right now.

It is a constitutional imperative to provide for the common defense.

While we disagree on some policy-related issues, we both recognize the need that has been expressed... the need for us to work together.

We could lock these doors and, John, I think you and I in about 30 minutes could probably fix a lot of the problems that have been discussed here today.

I consider myself to be one of the luckiest Members on the Republican side in a leadership position, because I have the honor and privilege of sitting side by side with John Yarmuth.

We cannot tax our way out of this problem. And to believe we can do so is being intellectually dishonest.

We are here to discuss discretionary caps, but this conversation - while important - is a waste of time without a plan to address the true drivers of out-of-control deficits and debt.

Stable funding allows our military members to plan and meet growing needs and threats.

The discretionary caps imposed since 2011 have had value. They still have value today, and should be extended and increased gradually.

If money were not an object, we wouldn't have to worry about spending and funding all sorts of great programs.

Federal employees should not be harmed by Congress's inability to do its work and fund the government. And while I supported S. 24 for this reason, I have serious concerns about the legislation's funding structure. Though federal employees…

I am proud today to rise in support of H.R. 6157, the Department of Defense Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2019. I, too, want to commend Chairwoman Granger, Ranking Member Visclosky, and every member of our subcommittee for their…

So programs like Social Security and Medicare that people rely on now and those that they will rely on in the future will see those benefits quickly dwindle, CBO says, as early as 2026. Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues to support this…

I thank the chairman for the time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of this commonsense request from President Trump to responsibly rein in wasteful government spending. While the budgetary rescissions tool has not been utilized by the…

I thank my friend and colleague from Louisiana for hosting this very important discussion about the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. As has been mentioned many times in the last several presentations, there is no question that the tax reform plan…