RUSS CARNAHAN: “such an important problem cannot be approached in a partisan manner, and we ought to act as Americans”

The sacrifices made by our military families begin before deployment and continue after their loved one returns home.

Thank you. I want to thank the gentleman from Maryland for his leadership on this issue as this Congress shuts down. It was Harry Truman from Missouri who coined the term the ``do- nothing Congress'' in 1948. But that Congress was 10 times…

There is a long tradition of bipartisanship in this committee, how we should be standing side by side when we are dealing with attacks on our people overseas.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the end of division A of the bill, add the following: TITLE XVII--CONTINGENCY OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT AND…