Duncan Hunter

You would think that all the stakeholders in Congress, and in the Executive Branch, and the regulatory branches, would realize the impact of not having enough U.S.-flag ships, U.S. mariners, to crew those ships.

There is no peace dividend in terms of not having to move stuff around anymore.

First off, I want to thank the leadership, Adam Smith from Washington and Mac Thornberry from Texas. We have wise leaders who are going to be here. When the generals term out, when the administration terms out, when the Secretary of…

It takes a long time for these flowers to grow. Mr. DeFAZIO. Reclaiming my time, I guess we are putting in perennials, not annuals. Okay. In any case, the bill itself does establish a pilot program that would establish that five States…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield to the gentleman from California.

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1\1/4\ minutes remaining.

How much time do I have remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 3\1/4\ minutes remaining.

This bipartisan amendment is only a technical change to a pilot program that is already included in the underlying bill. I would like to thank the chairman and the ranking member for including the base language in the bill. This…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 225, strike lines 4 through 20 and insert the following: (a) In General.--The Secretary shall…

How much time do I have? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from California has 1 minute remaining.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 73, line 24, strike the closed quotation mark and the final period. Page 73, after line 24, insert the…

The roads, bridges, and other infrastructure projects we seek to advance in the legislation before us today require a steady supply of aggregate and gravel. Without it, we might as well not even be here debating this legislation. In fact…

I am looking at some of the designs that have been already done. One is a Nike swoosh. You don't have to read a swoosh. You just know it is a swoosh because we all know what Nike swooshes look like. You have the Pepsi logo. You don't have…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from California will be postponed. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Mr. Denham The Acting CHAIR. It is…

I reserve the balance of my time. Mr. DeFAZIO. I yield myself such time as I may consume. Mr. Chairman, the bill itself establishes this. The gentleman has proposed an up-to-20-year pilot program. That seems pretty permanent in terms of…

This is one of those things that I kind of thought everybody would enjoy. It is environmentally friendly, it uses plants and flowers, and it doesn't cost anybody anything. I mean, this is one of those deals that I am surprised is opposed…

I'm familiar with the report you provided to the Defense Committees on the Automated Test and Retest (ATRT) program.

I am proud to give my support to this valiant effort to reauthorize the Ex-Im Bank in an effort that I believe puts first the best interests of American manufacturers, innovators, and entrepreneurs. We had a vote this year on the TPA, the…

So what happened was everybody said, 'That is impossible. There is no way to do that.'

I guess my last question for all of you is, why wouldn't bad guys that want to get a bad device in the U.S. take the same routes as guys that want to get drugs into the U.S.?

If you are going to have a nuclear weapon come in, dirty or not, it is going to be shielded.

bad guys aren't going to send stuff on cargo ships; they are going to send stuff up the way that the bad guys are sending stuff up now, right?

I specifically asked about the number of containers inspected prior to arrival at a U.S. port.

But these handheld detectors, they wouldn't sense something if it was in carbon or lead.

What percentage are inspected after they get here? So if 1 percent total----