Richard B. Nugent: “I want to make sure that the Chief of Police is accountable to you all and through oversight of this committee.”

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 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.

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

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