Ann Wagner: “It is the workhorse, sir. And losing 15 in the last 5 years, we have taken a real hit.”

I thank the chairman very, very much for engaging me in this colloquy and for his work on this very important piece of legislation. Last year's National Defense Authorization Act, which passed on an overwhelmingly bipartisan basis…

America's adversaries are lined up to attack our interests and our allies. This crisis demands strong American leadership to disrupt the new axis of evil.

It is very, very disturbing. Very disturbing.

Had I been present, I would have voted AYE on Roll Call No. 409. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Crawford). There being no further amendments, under the rule, the Committee rises. Accordingly, the Committee rose; and the Speaker pro tempore (Mr…