Support for discretionary programs under your Committee's jurisdiction is more important than ever.

I am pleased to yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Carter).

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Thornberry), the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Arkansas (Mr. Womack), and I thank him for his great contributions to the Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations. {time} 1615

I urge Members to support the bill, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Palazzo), a great member of the full committee.

It is the Constitutional duty of Congress to make these types of spending decisions on behalf of the people we represent.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from West Virginia (Mr. Jenkins). He is a great member of the full committee.

The United States is the largest contributor to the United Nations budget reflecting our position as the world's largest economy.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Kentucky (Mr. Rogers), my predecessor. He is a member of the Subcommittee on Defense of the Committee on Appropriations and a chairman in his own right.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Diaz-Balart), and thank him for his service on the Defense Appropriations Committee.

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentlewoman from Alabama (Mrs. Roby), a new member of the Defense Subcommittee on Appropriations.