Ken Calvert: “the quickest way to destroy the human race is to destroy the bees”

This committee recognizes the importance and the role of the F-15EX. I thank the gentlewoman from Missouri for raising this issue, and I look forward to working with her as we move forward with this bill.

I urge my colleagues to support this bill. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Thompson of Pennsylvania). All time for general debate has expired. Pursuant to the rule, the bill shall be considered for amendment…

These are noncontroversial, bipartisan messaging amendments supported by both sides. I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I support this amendment. As with the other one, it contains a series of bipartisan amendments…

This is the final point I would make. The dud rate on the Russian cluster munitions exceeds 30 percent where the dud rate of the U.S. munition is extremely low. It is a terrible weapon. War is a terrible thing. These weapons are necessary…