Richard B. Nugent

At some point in time I think we have to start making decisions about where we fight because what we don't want to do is break the Marine Corps or the Army for that matter.

One of the recommendations I believe from that panel was also to invest more in medical countermeasures. Are we doing that? Are we investing more or are we staying status quo?

People forget that there is actually flesh and blood, parents and children, of those young men and women that are serving this country. They forget there are real people in those uniforms. And so that is why this is so important.

I think we can do that, but I think we need to avoid as some people are trying--seeing Kurds as the solution to this problem.

I absolutely appreciate the chairman doing that and would love to work with him.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 6, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $4,000,000)''. Page 44, line 8, after the dollar amount…

I want to make sure that the Chief of Police is accountable to you all and through oversight of this committee.

They feel underappreciated. You know, they are not security guards; they are Capitol Police.

Eliminating the ability to rapidly mobilize, train, and deploy... increases risk at an unacceptable rate.

This is a decision that essentially takes the 'air' out of 'airborne.'

Last year, the 113th Congress appropriated $220 million dollars for the sole purpose of accelerating the development of a domestic rocket propulsion system.

We would never put forth something that puts the burden on the soldier who has volunteered to serve his country.

I worry that, you know, we want to balance a budget on the backs of these men and women that have given everything.

Sequestration is a cancer that is going to eat and destroy our national security.

I mean, it really is. And I know the President doesn't want to go there, but it is radical extremism in Islam across the globe that is affecting us and our friends across the globe.

How are we protecting ourselves against an insider attack that could obviously cripple us if that information got out to our adversaries?

Shortly, I will be offering an amendment to the rule, which is necessary to alleviate the budgetary point of order that currently lies against the defense bill. In addition to clearing a point of order, we hope it will expedite the…

If I could inquire, I thought the gentleman was closing. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, there is some confusion here that the gentleman may be offering to amend the rule. I am just trying to get a sense for what is going on over there before I…

I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. May I inquire how many additional speakers the gentleman has?

I think Mr. Cole really addressed the issue. In regards as to how it went down in the Rules Committee, he clearly addressed the issue on this floor in regards to his support of the rule, even though he didn't get everything that he wanted…

It just sends a really disheartening message that 'We really don't care about you.'

Sequestration is going to be the death knell for our armed services if we don't correct that issue.

For the purpose of debate only, I yield the customary 30 minutes to the gentlewoman from New York (Ms. Slaughter), the ranking member, pending which I yield myself such time as I may consume. During consideration of this resolution, all…