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

You know, without maritime lift capacity, my sons that are all in the Army are going to be kind of hard-pressed just because you can't put a Paladin or an Abrams--you can't carry very many on an aircraft.

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…

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

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