Richard B. Nugent: “I continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, I'm happy to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman…”

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 continue to reserve the balance of my time. Mr. McGOVERN. Mr. Speaker, how much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Massachusetts has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Florida has 8\1/4\…

sequestration is going to be the death knell for our armed services if we don't correct that issue.

I think Mr. Cole really addressed the issue. In regards as to how it went down in the Rules Committee, he clearly addressed the issue on this floor in regards to his support of the rule, even though he didn't get everything that he wanted…