Richard B. Nugent: “Eliminating the ability to rapidly mobilize, train, and deploy... increases risk at an unacceptable rate.”

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 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…

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

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