I want to thank the ranking member for his support of this legislation, and I urge all Members to support the passage of H.R. 313, as amended. Mr. Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.
Mark Meadows
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Mark Meadows is a former U.S. Representative for North Carolina's 11th congressional district, serving from 2013 to 2020. A member of the Republican Party, he was a prominent figure in the House Freedom Caucus, advocating for limited government and fiscal conservatism. During his tenure, he was known for his strong support of the Trump administration's policies and initiatives.
I yield 3 minutes to my distinguished colleague from the State of Michigan (Mr. Bentivolio).
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How much time do I have remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Marchant). The gentleman has 8\1/2\ minutes remaining.
I thank the gentleman for his candor and his passion with which he rises and debates it. I do want to point out, though, that what we are talking about here are apples and oranges. When you start to look at contractors and the benefits of…
I wanted to address a few of the items that have been brought up because we seem to talk about these in abstract ways, but the truth of the matter is is that bonuses have gotten way out of hand. You know, when we start to give out bonuses…
I would like to address a few of the comments that the gentleman opposite made. When he said not a word has been mentioned about bonuses for contractors, I would remind the gentleman that in the NDAA we addressed this very subject. So that…
I look forward to hearing your testimony today on how we can start to really make progress.
It is very troubling when I sit there as a business guy and say, well, how do we know if we are making great progress when we are not even really accurately measuring it.
I would be interested in hearing from each one of you the matrix of which we are going to be measuring it, the goals that we are going to do, and how we incentivize you to do that.





