I appreciate the appropriations process. I have some sense of how difficult it has been for both sides. This is the 2019 fiscal budget. Was that really, really that difficult, that draconian? Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Kelly of Pennsylvania). The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Schweikert). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it.
David Schweikert: “I appreciate the appropriations process. I have some sense of how difficult it has been for both sides. This is the 2019…”
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