Norman D. Dicks: “Reclaiming my time just to briefly say to the gentleman, what we have been doing isn't working. The oceans are in…”

One issue that didn't come up today was this question of what are we going to do at the end of this year with sequestration, and there was some discussion of an amendment that didn't happen because of points of order and other possible…

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?

I have had a chance to talk to the distinguished chairman of the Defense Subcommittee, Mr. Young of Florida, about this issue. I can tell you, based on long experience, that no one cares more about our wounded warriors and also of those…

In that respect I am totally supportive of what the gentleman is trying to accomplish. I yield back the balance of my time.