Sanford Bishop: “Many of us at some point would like to see persistent poverty counties in the nation have a targeted plan of action from…”

I certainly rise in opposition to this amendment. The amendment would reduce funding for the Foreign Agriculture Service, which reduces the services promoting United States agricultural exports, developing overseas markets, and increasing…

I thank the gentleman for his remarks. I yield to the gentleman from Georgia (Mr. Loudermilk) of Georgia's 11th District.

So maybe it ought to be a real time opportunity for service members to apply when that happens as opposed to having to wait till the next year? That seems like an easy fix for that issue.

The Marine Corps has a deferred maintenance backlog that exceeds $15.8 billion, and it requires a $1.5 billion annual expenditure for barracks and maintenance.