Mr. Speaker, I have no further speakers. I urge support of H.R. 512. I yield back the balance of my time. {time} 1700

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard), who still serves this Nation in uniform.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Hawaii (Ms. Gabbard) one of our warriors and a veteran of the war in Iraq, and a staunch advocate for this Nation's veterans.

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I rise in support of H.R. 244, as amended, the HIRE Vets Act. I give a special thank-you to my colleague from California, Colonel Cook, who, himself, is a Vietnam veteran. Since the…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself such time as I may consume. I would, first of all, like to thank the chairman for bringing H.R. 609 to the floor, and a very special thank you to the gentleman from Pennsylvania (Mr. Kelly) for the honor and…

Mr. Speaker, I have no additional speakers and I am prepared to close. I would just like to thank the gentleman again for bringing this to our attention, honoring Master Sergeant Abraham's life. Again, I think there is a little lesson here…

I want a drop-dead date.

I just feel like I am going to get slow rolled again, and not get there.

Is it possible for us to start getting our mind wrapped around that?

I think it needs to be our call, with the money, with the taxpayers, if we are getting the right data in this.

I think absolutely getting away from all these servers all over the place--I know our practice moved to a cloud many years ago