John Garamendi: “Mr. Rogers well said why we should pass this amendment. We have played a bad game here. If it is so important, if…”

“Mr. Rogers well said why we should pass this amendment. We have played a bad game here. If it is so important, if General McConville thinks it is so important, why didn't he fight vigorously for it in the base budget? Yes, the President does propose, but that proposal is a proposal that comes from the Department, from all the various parts of the Department, and it is put together at the White House. The President doesn't just dream this up himself. It is, in fact, the priorities of the Department, disciplined priorities. The unfunded list is a game where we are being played. We are the pawns in the game that they have. It was very well stated in the previous opposition to this amendment. Let's have some discipline here. The unfunded priorities list is a way in which the Department's various parts play us against each other and play the President. Let's eliminate all of that.”