I am not yet convinced the new spending category is necessary or advisable.

We need to look at the big picture.

I think there is not a member of this committee or any of us who work in the area of defense that like CRs.

Well, mandatory spending right now is driving us over the cliff. If we don't do something about our current mandatory spending, the projection is sometime in the early 30s we are going to go over the financial cliff.

On their behalf, I appreciate your continued efforts to address the needs of the veterans exposed to toxic substances.

I appreciate the proposed increases for programs and research related to military environmental exposures within fiscal year 2023.

To set up a situation where we may inadvertently be creating more mandatory spending, to me, is not a good idea.

the Burn Pit Air---what we call the Airborne Hazards Registry is an important part for them to sign up for and to get those tests and evaluations

We have terrible issues that are going on across the board, and we just can't be reducing our budget.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Madam Speaker, President Biden wants to build back better. What he doesn't realize is that first, we must be able to build. Many otherwise shovel-ready infrastructure projects get trapped in bureaucratic…

Solar energy will not pollute our air or water. We will not run short of it. No one can ever embargo the sun interrupt its deliver it to us.

I thank the gentleman for yielding and I thank him for hosting this night. Mr. Speaker, for years, Democrats have been pushing this ``defund the police'' rhetoric that has demonized our law enforcement officers and left them unequipped and…