Norman D. Dicks: “I am going to vote for the Conyers amendment. I voted for it for the last several years, because I think we ought to…”

I thank the gentleman for his hard work on this issue and look forward to working with him.

I can assure the gentleman from New Jersey that the committee intends to fund those programs that most effectively minimize suicides. And I'd point out that in most of these situations, this money is going to be competitively awarded. But…

I, too, echo the gentleman's interest in the field of directed energy and solid-state laser technology. With the threats and environment that the warfighter and the intelligence community are facing, the addition of new technologies that…

Tom believed in and practiced civility, and bipartisanship.