Doug Lamborn

Secondly, we have the gentleman from Texas, Representative Babin, and then the gentleman from Mississippi after that. I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin).

As Chairman Manchin said on the Senate side 6 weeks ago or so, Russia and China are poised to weaponize critical minerals against us.

I won't accuse this bill of being intended to drive mining out of business, but I think it would certainly have that effect, whether it is intended or not.

It seems that the declaratory policy of the use of nuclear weapons has been narrowed, that it will be only to deter nuclear attack.

The 2018 NPR announced that the B83 gravity bomb would be sustained to remain in the stockpile beyond its planned retirement date.

For the first time in history, the nation is facing two potential strategic peer, nuclear-capable adversaries at the same time, who must be deterred differently.

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In response to concerns over China's nuclear buildup, critics argue that the United States will still have thousands of more nuclear weapons than China.

The W76-2 low-yield warhead has been critical in maintaining deterrence during Russia's invasion of Ukraine.

I can't say that I have found an ally who is urging us to reduce our nuclear deterrence.

In this forum a year ago, we all lamented the degree to which the global security environment was deteriorating.

We cannot risk dividing NATO at this precarious time.

China and Russia are seeking to exploit our weaknesses, and we can't let our guard down.

The backdrop of this hearing, as we all know, is Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, which will be on the top of our minds for all of us here today.

We could be sending this money to Ukraine, and people are literally dying and will die in the next week needlessly.

It's wrong for us to wait a week to do this. Do you have any influence?

Right now there is sitting in the docket here in our House business a $6.5 billion dollar aid package for Ukraine.

I am a strong supporter of innovative solutions like Project Pele.

Simply put, we must be planning and solving for the operational energy challenges presented by the future fight.

The future fight will present logistics challenges not experienced in the recent past.

I remember the time Mr. Gohmert and I went to Israel together. That was a very special and, you can say, life-changing experience. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Texas (Mr. Gohmert).

I thank the gentleman for his kind words and for his heartfelt remarks. I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Georgia (Mr. Clyde).

I thank Mr. Kelly for his heartfelt words. I now yield to the gentleman from the great State of Tennessee (Mr. Rose).

I thank the gentleman for those words. I yield to the gentleman from the great State of Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly), my friend and colleague.

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