Richard B. Nugent: “I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, may I inquire from my friend how many more…”

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.

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…

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: Page 6, line 20, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $4,000,000)''. Page 44, line 8, after the dollar amount…