C. W. Bill Young

I would respond and say we certainly understand the importance of CORPS SAM. We also know there are some difficulties in the program because of the international participation in the program, where it is unclear if some of the sponsors or…

The $475 million that I just identified that we added for medical care for military and their families was not in the President's request, so it obviously would be at the top of the list of those items to cut if the cutting amendment would…

Yes, the answer is exactly correct. The same response that I made to the gentleman from Virginia. Page 205 of our committee report, there is a page devoted to that issue, and let me add to this further. This is just one of the reasons that…

I have read the information the gentleman has provided to me about the need for the database center at the Harrisburg International Airport. We see merit with the gentleman's conclusions that such a database center is, in fact, necessary…

In fact, in an interview with the Los Angeles Times, the President himself said that he signed the defense appropriations bill. But a message from the White House on November 30 indicates that the President did not sign the defense…

This bill appropriates $2.2 billion less than this House authorized on the defense authorization bill earlier this summer, $2.2 billion less.

The difference is the nonprofits that we are talking about do not have all of this law that relate to them, where the Defense Department does, and I just need to check and make sure that we have something that is not going to be flying up…

I would have no problem with some assurance there. I would like to point out, these laws dealing with this subject really are legislation and not appropriations. The gentlewoman is on the authorizing committee. That might have been the…

I would say that we have examined this amendment and discussed it with the gentleman and believe that it does promote competition and think it is a positive addition to this bill and we accept the amendment.