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On the recordSeptember 27, 2023
Mr. Chair, I just want the Record to reflect that there is nothing hateful about truth. Again, I urge my colleagues to support my amendment to restore the focus of our Department of Defense to defend our Nation. I look forward to this Holman rule being utilized to reduce the salary of Secretary Shawn Skelly, the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Readiness, to $1. Mr. Chair, I yield back the balance of my time. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I am just baffled here that we can pick and choose what is science and what is not science, what is human rights and dignity and respect and what is not human rights and dignity and respect. I look forward to having a discussion on climate change based on science with the gentlewoman from Colorado at some point in time. Mr. Chair, I thank all our servicemen and -women for their service, and their families, who serve alongside them. I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado (Mrs. Boebert). The question was taken; and the Acting Chair announced that the ayes appeared to have it. Ms. McCOLLUM. Mr. Chair, I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Colorado will be postponed. {time} 1100 Amendment No. 153 Offered by Mrs. Boebert The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 153 printed in part A of House Report 118-216.
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Lauren Boebert
Republican · Colorado

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