Norman D. Dicks: “It was spent for Bosnia and it was spent for other legitimate ventures so we did not have to appropriate new money.”

I now yield to Suzan DelBene to address the House. Ms. DelBENE. I want to thank Congressman Dicks and Congressman Hastings for the very kind introduction. It's a great honor to be here. Mr. Speaker, Leader Pelosi, members of the Washington…

You don't fix the roads, you're going to drink the roads.

It says: None of the funds appropriated in this act shall be available to continue the deployment beyond fiscal year 2013 of the 170th Infantry Brigade in Baumholder and the 172nd Infantry Brigade in Grafenwoehr, except pursuant to article…

Would you explain--you say here you have these two brigades, except pursuant to article 5 of the North Atlantic Treaty. Could you explain what the impact of this is, the treaty commitments here?