Jim Nussle: “There will be one person who will probably, above all other people, and my guess is that that will be shared in a…”

this measure--the Defense Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006, H.R. 2863--is the most significant component of our wartime budget for America. It funds the bulk of the national defense commitment, particularly the global war against…

I would like to speak out of order for a moment just to thank the staff of the Budget Committee, Jim Bates, a very able staff that put together the bill. I also would like to thank so many of the leadership staff that do such good work…

Everything should be on the table. The way I look at is trust the votes.

I yield myself 9 minutes. Mr. Speaker, before I begin with the opening, let me just thank our staff. We have to make a lot of decisions around here, and we put together the policy and make the votes, but the staff makes it all come…