I rise with great enthusiasm this morning to support an amendment that would designate $40 million from the assistance for Europe and Eurasia fund to Armenian democracy assistance. This amendment is cosponsored by the other Democratic…

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 414, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $40,000,000) (reduced by $40,000,000)''…

I thank the gentlewoman and leader of our Appropriations Committee for her support, and I am grateful beyond words. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I hope that today's hearing will bring renewed attention to the problem of military suicide.

I am concerned that the high rate of suicide among service members and veterans will soon become a fact of life and that we are beginning to accept it as a natural consequence of military service.

We must do everything we can to break the chain of suicide that has afflicted our military and veteran community.

Not one of them was going to be able to leave the program and go to a home. They were all homeless when they were going to leave the facility.

I am going to give a shout-out to the Navy, which seems to have done a great job in some of these issue areas.

Childcare is a huge problem on every one of our bases.

I hope that you will take my request seriously and come back to us with a campaign that will engage the whole community.

I encourage you all to look at the Navy's program, because they have a lower--much lower rate of unintended pregnancies.

The conditions of lead, mold, asbestos that hasn't been addressed is a serious problem.