It is frustrating, especially as we embark on travel to go see our military infrastructure around the world, and we talk with frustrated military servicemembers who show us decrepit, aging, unsafe infrastructure that they have to try to…

I hope that holds true as we move forward. And I urge my Republican colleges to take a step back and look at the real-world human impact of cutting back to fiscal year 2022 levels.

The issue of sexual assault in the military remains dire, and the problem only seems to be getting worse.

Okay. Do you have metrics that will measure whether you're meeting those goals? Because frankly, you are speaking in very broad rosy, you know, summarizing terms.

We must continue the targeted investments that we have made over the past several years in these areas to support our airmen, guardians, and their families the best way that we can on this committee.

I commend you and all of the folks at the VA for moving in the direction you are.

But we are having taxpayer--we are asking for taxpayer dollars to do what they should have?

It feels disingenuous for the Department of Defense to year after year ask for a level of funding that does not meet the true needs of the Department of the Air Force and then expect Congress to bail you out.

How do you know that the culture is changing, that the satisfaction is improving, and that the transition from full customization to a seamless interoperable system between VA and DoD has been accepted and the training has been effective?

I am very supportive, as you know, and I have--did it last year as well for the third budget category for the VA for medical care.

It is disgusting. Have you been through any of those housing facilities?

The fiscal year 2024 budget request has $220 million for three military housing privatization initiative restructures.

What those cuts would mean for our servicemembers.

I am here today because I was able to detect my breast cancer early.

As Ted said, sexual assault has absolutely no place in the United States Navy.

I think we all know this would have extremely detrimental effects on government programs that affect all Americans.

If those go through with these reckless and draconian cuts, the impact on our veterans will be devastating.

Their move also clearly shows that when Republicans are in charge, they use the levers of power to weaponize government.

If the public loses its faith in Congress' ability to be a fair arbiter of oversight disputes, then what does Congress have ultimately?

I have an amendment at the desk. It is amendment No. 75. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Sessions). The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 3, line 9, strike the closing quotation mark and the final…

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 Florida will be postponed. Amendment No. 131 Offered by Mr. Schneider

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White supremacy and other extremist movements thrive in social media cases, in part because algorithms drive user engagement which promotes increasingly extreme content.

We have to address how social media fuels extremism. It can't function as an extremist recruitment tool.

The PROTECT Our Children Act, the bipartisan legislation that I introduced this week with Senator Cornyn, and Representatives Chabot, Kuster, and Reschenthaler reauthorizes the National Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force Program…