At the subcommittee, with great respect, I respectfully disagree with you. This does not change law. It simply writes into the law an extension of what is already in this bill, and that is, it calls for a report. It also fences off a…

Reclaiming my time, what I would prefer to do, sir, is to proceed and to continue the discussion. I think this is an important matter. Mr. Chairman, I don't know how much time I have remaining. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from…

That is true. I intend to withdraw my amendment in hopes that we could, at the end of the bill, undertake a more full report and fence off the $15 million until that comes forward. I am not asking for a commitment now, but as we proceed…

Well, perhaps I will just wrap, and then we will take up your point of order and see where that goes with it. This is an extremely important issue. It has to do with our relationships with NATO. It has to do with cost-sharing by the NATO…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 31, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,600,000)''. Page 141, line 4, after the dollar amount…

This amendment deals with a profoundly important issue that will be before the House of Representatives and this Nation for the next three decades at least. This is an amendment that deals with the Joint Strike Fighter, the F-35, and the…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

Reclaiming my time, I would much prefer if you could say this is really wise and information that we need and that we would add this to the bill somewhere along the process. I yield to the gentleman.

The problem lies here, in the Congress. The problem is that this Congress has decided that a small Government is the best thing for this Nation.

The problem is with this Congress not providing the resources necessary.

we need to have the nice to and the need to, the absolute have to have, versus what we would--you and us, you and I and perhaps the other members of this committee, would like to have.

would you please be very specific in writing to the committee as to exactly what you need, when you need it, in order to get these things up and operational?