Richard B. Nugent: “Sequestration is a cancer that is going to eat and destroy our national security.”

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.

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