C. W. Bill Young: “Well, let me reclaim my time and suggest that if you want to rewrite FISA, you don't do it on the floor on an…”

I yield myself 2 minutes to pay tribute to a longtime staffer of this defense subcommittee. This is the first time that I have had the opportunity to bring a defense appropriations bill to the floor without having Kevin Roper sitting here…

Actually, yes, and we appreciate that very much. But, anyway, let us pass the Putnam amendment. This is the right thing to do, and let us let the House work its will through the established process, through the committee process, a…

I rise in support of H.R. 5020, the Intelligence Authorization Act for fiscal year 2007. In supporting this bill, I want to emphasize to Chairman Hoekstra that the Defense Appropriation Subcommittee will do what it can to work with the…

I rise to applaud Chairman Obey for the statements that he has made since the beginning of this session of Congress that we are going to pass all of the appropriations bills individually, separately, and send them to the President…