Richard B. Nugent: “I just want to make sure that everybody that may be watching this at home understands we are talking about a balanced…”

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

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.'