Dutch Ruppersberger: “I appreciate Congressman Gibson's intent. And I also want to thank him for his service in the military. But I believe we…”

“I appreciate Congressman Gibson's intent. And I also want to thank him for his service in the military. But I believe we should always be looking for efficiencies to help reduce costs throughout the government. The Director of National Intelligence is conducting a similar review that will identify redundancies without sacrificing core missions. I want to see the product of those efforts before asking the DNI, Director of National Intelligence, to submit an additional report. For this reason I oppose the amendment. I reserve the balance of my time.”