The Jones Act is absolutely essential for national security. And without the Jones Act, the military cannot have a reliable and available sea--shipment by sea.
Missile defense can be done in a couple of different ways. The one I want to really focus on is directed energy.
How much money have you asked for?
Well, I guess I am looking for names. Who killed it?
The administration's request was to reduce food and transfer the money to the military.
Well, it is our business to conduct internal warfare within the Departments, and to decide where the money goes.
Well, this fight is not over. And we are going to stay with it.
Well, we will eventually have a new administration, which I hope has more sense about how to do this.
So, instead of spending $25 million in basically what is a subsidy, a welfare check, we could just maintain the food pro...
Why are you doing that, when we have--at least according to General McDew--a significant national security issue?
You and the administration are rapidly reducing one of the three.