Rodney Frelinghuysen: “I withdraw my reservation and seek the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New…”

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter), the chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Appropriations.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Jenkins), a member of the committee.

I want to thank the gentlewoman for the time and rise in strong support of her bill, the Defense appropriations bill. I know I join Mrs. Lowey in congratulating Ms. Granger and Mr. Visclosky for their excellent Defense appropriations bill…

Each year, it is our constitutional duty to provide funding for the Federal Government. We began that process on the House floor yesterday, considering three very important funding bills: Energy and Water, Legislative Branch, and Military…