David Weldon: “I understand that I want them to keep listening. I want the information, and this is what the debate is about. You want…”

I believe if is important to explain here and get on the record the substance of these amendments and why they are critical to securing our homeland. My first amendment (No. 14) would have tied funding for the Community Oriented Policing…

I would be very happy to yield to the distinguished gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Mollohan).

I just wanted to give you some specifics. This is a tight budget year, as we all know. And just to cite one of the accounts that this amendment would obviously devastate, we have already reduced the lunar precursor robotics program by $20…

The gentleman's amendment increases and decreases the amount for the Department of Commerce's Departmental Management Account. There is no net effect on the funding level of the account. I have no objection to the gentleman's amendment…