Steve Buyer: “I will reclaim my time, that is a silly statement. No one in this body endorses fraud, for crying out loud. I do not…”

“I will reclaim my time, that is a silly statement. No one in this body endorses fraud, for crying out loud. I do not even know where that came from. What bothers me is it is easy to say, oh, well, the Pentagon, they spend this much on a weapons system, they spend that much on a part, these weapons systems are highly sophisticated and it takes awhile. They only make one or two parts. It is not making 10,000 parts. Let me go back to my compliment, though, to the body. My compliment to the body is that we have many Members in here that have put on the uniform, and no one ever asked when we took that oath whether we were Republican or Democrat. So those of us who served in the authorizing committee and the appropriating committees who have the interest on national security keep that dimension. Now, there will always be a critic of a bill for one particular reason or another. We have those of whom who are passivists. They should take pride in themselves, if they are a passivist, say they are a passivist. Do not just pick apart the bill for one reason or another. Expose your character. If they do not, I will be more than happy to. Let me tell you something else that has bothered me when we take an individual who may be a critic of the defense industry or, in particular, of our defense. They are the same individuals of whom are seeking to socialize our military.”