Steven Palazzo: “I believe we are on the right track but we must remain budget-focused and mission-vigilant.”

I thank Congressman Carter for those wonderful remarks. Madam Speaker, may I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Stansbury). The gentleman from Mississippi has 16 minutes remaining.

I thank my cochair, Representative Kahele, for his remarks. Also to be noted, the Representative is an Air Force veteran, and he is also a current Air National Guardsman. He has served in multiple theaters including Operation Enduring…

I thank Congressman Kelly for his remarks and his service. Mr. Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin), who is a former Texas Army Guard and U.S. Army Reserve officer. He has over seven major commands and over 25,000…

The likelihood--I don't think there are any handicappers in Las Vegas giving us good odds at making sure that we get our work done on time.