John Rice Carter

I will be there when the last vote is counted, and I expect to win.

Neither I nor the American people would support the sending of an American team to Moscow.

I oppose this amendment. I think it is duplicative, and I think it is a waste of taxpayers' money. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I would encourage my colleagues to support this legislation, and I yield back the balance of my time.

In closing, I encourage my colleagues to support this bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 8167. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Stansbury). The gentleman's request is accepted. ____________________

What role does the availability of the workforce skilled in munition response have to--in the Department's ability to be along cleanup?

I want to talk about something that is kind of a current event for those of us who are at Fort Hood.

No, there has been no divestment of any of our Navy medical billets.

We must take care of our people and we cannot reduce 6,900.

We need to decide--I need to know from Secretary Mullen and Lieutenant General Place, we have little confidence that beneficiary care will not be negatively impacted by the reduction in medical billets.

We want to make sure that our warriors and our beneficiaries have proper care.

I have been out there for the last 2 weeks meeting with leaders, meeting with communities.

Homeland security is an issue, but the thing we have to worry about is the overflow that is causing us to shut down our operational people at the border, and it is only going to get worse.

We are very, very proud of our National Guard in Texas, and that TPAC means a lot to us.

We are also working very closely with the multidomain task forces so that, once that is developed, the National Guard will be included to develop one of those units as well.

Thank you, Mr. Chairman.

Good news is, according to the Chief of Staff of the Army, 24 of the Army's signature modernization programs will be in the hands of soldiers in 2023.

I really am thankful for you and your service and how you stand up for the right things.

I could probably use it myself. I have got asthma.

I am a strong advocate for having never giving any veteran the idea that they are getting a second class of healthcare.

If you don't ask, the answer's no.

And I may have this wrong, but, after the bad situation we had at Fort Hood, it is my understanding that Fort Hood--and maybe corps-wide, they are doing a program where they basically talk to every soldier about not only what the rules…

I am worried about the drawdown.

Project Athena is a Total Army analysis, assessment of an individual soldier all the way from the beginning of service until they end service.