RUSS CARNAHAN: “A kind of seismic shift happened.”

He cared passionately about his work. He led in ways and on issues that a lot of people neglected, and he delivered.

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…

President Harry Truman of Missouri famously labeled the Republican Congress of 1948 the ``Do-Nothing Congress.'' But to call this Congress the do-nothing Congress would be an insult to the 1948 Congress that was 10 times more productive…

Thank you, Mr. Chairman. My amendment integrates duplicative functions related to overseas contingency operation planning, management, and oversight into the U.S. Office for Contingency Operations--responding to a litany of concerns that…