John Garamendi

I am so glad you interrupted because that is an extremely important fact. Let's go back and look at that. In 2015, the savings are how much?

We will go home for Christmas, and how many hungry will there be? How many unemployed will there be? We have work to do. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time. ____________________

One of the reasons is this: this is the infrastructure investment from 2002 to 10 years later. That is about an $85 billion reduction in infrastructure investment. I wanted just to drive home the point that you have made about putting…

You are talking about some really, really important issues here. Bridges falling down?

Thank you very much, General Enyart. Joining us also is another Representative from the Midwest who has considerable experience here in the House of Representatives--Ohio, in this case--Marcy Kaptur. Welcome. I am delighted you are with…

But I think we can get a better fix on what is actually necessary.

I think we need to do that, Mr. Chairman.

Like it or not, that is your budget.

You are working in an environment, physical environment, and leaving that aside, are also subject to the political environment here in Washington.

I want to stay with this for a while because it is, in my mind, fundamental to our work that we have a clear understanding of the mission and the resources necessary to carry out that mission.

Well, so much for that idea.

I want to really drill on this and get down into this in some detail.

I want to carry on from where the Chair was going with this question.

Just before we came on the floor to talk about this issue of inequality in America and how we might deal with it, we heard our colleagues from the State of New York talk about the tragic transit accident that occurred. In listening to…

Mr. Blumenauer, there is no doubt that you are taking up the responsibility. You have been a leader for many years on this issue of transportation, how we can fund it, what we must do. I guess I knew, but I didn't realize it was coming so…

Well, thank you so very much. And I look forward to working with you on that issue. I know it is going to be coming. Well, we don't know exactly when. But they are trying to wrap up. Our trade rep, our ambassador is trying to wrap this up…

I would like those two letters entered into the record

Would it be fair to say that you have concerns about the competitiveness or the anticompetitiveness of the agreement?

If you want the C-27s, it seems to me that this committee may very well want to write into your authorizations the authority to get them.

We need to take cognizance of that and use this opportunity to write a comprehensive maritime policy for this Nation.

The maritime industry is rather important. In fact, it is extremely important.

How does the nuclear long-range strike stand-off (LRSO) missile contribute to extended deterrence?

I think I have gone about as far as I can go in this format.

We are going to spend a considerable amount of money on the B61-12 program, but before we get into that, why do we need the B61?

In this context we must understand what investments are necessary to carry out an effective strategy and maintain a credible nuclear deterrent to meet post-cold war threats in an era of constrained budgets.