Jack Bergman: “Thank you, Ranking Member Kuster.”

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 31, line 13, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $20,000,000) (increased by $20,000,000)''…

The additional defense funding is necessary to support our troops and supply them with the munitions and anything else they need to fight, win and return home safely.

We would not be a nation without our veterans.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. __. RULE OF CONSTRUCTION. Nothing in this Act, including the amendments…