Rodney Frelinghuysen

I strongly oppose this amendment. This amendment is very vaguely crafted. It could have undue consequences. This very short amendment would make no funds available for ``the purpose of conducting combat operations in Afghanistan after…

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.

I withdraw my reservation, and I seek the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The reservation is withdrawn. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.

Let's remember the innocent people who were killed on September 11, 2001. How about justice for them? I yield back the balance of my time.

What is occurring in Iraq is complicated and dangerous and violent. This is a complicated issue that the gentlewoman seeks to address with multifaceted policy ramifications that really cannot be fully debated in an amendment in this short…

I withdraw my reservation and seek the time in opposition to the amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from New Jersey is recognized for 5 minutes.

We commend you on your focus on prostate cancer and appreciate your limited remarks.

We have no objection to the gentleman's amendment. Personally, I believe in the nuclear triad. We have checked with the Armed Services Committee, which is the authorizing committee, and they have no problem with the language.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. I strongly support her amendment. What was particularly galling in the Guantanamo transfer of these detainees was that the Taliban were able to choose the people they wanted released, and then the…

I withdraw my reservation, with the understanding the gentleman from California will be withdrawing his amendment.

Well, I am a strong supporter of the Joint Strike Fighter and, indeed, the B-61. We are doing things to make sure that it is everything that we anticipate it should be. I think the issue is worth discussing, but it was my understanding…

I know all members of our committee appreciate your advocacy and obviously your special knowledge and view of spinal cord injuries. We don't get involved in the process of funding grants, but when you brought to our attention the fact that…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. It is a small investment which this amendment would eliminate. We want to have air superiority for decades to come. It is money that I think needs to be kept in there. It would be a great mistake to move…

I am sure the ranking member and I would be pleased to work with you on this issue

Thank you for talking about this very important issue. I appreciate it and yield back the balance of my time.

It is my understanding the gentleman is going to withdraw his amendment. I yield to the gentleman from California.

I appreciate the gentleman bringing this important issue to my attention. A month or two ago you brought me together with some national leaders that are involved in modeling and simulation, and it was a real education for me. So like you…

I can say, and I am sure my colleagues would agree, your service in the Congress has been enormously beneficial because you have been perhaps one of the strongest advocates on behalf of those with mental illness. And certainly, your…

The committee wants to commend the gentleman for his support of this program. As you know, this program currently operates, I think, at 65 military installations and facilities around the country. This would increase that amount. And what…

I have one additional comment. It is interesting that many of the press reports on this crisis situation--at least on the east coast--don't point out that many of these children are in military installations. I want to commend the…

Let me associate myself with the ranking member's comments earlier. We need to see the amendments. We are not seeing the amendments on a timely basis. As a basic courtesy, it would be helpful if both sides were provided with amendments by…

We on the committee thank you for this amendment. Understanding your professional background and many of our constituents suffering under Alzheimer's, we are supportive of it.

Could we have it read so we know which amendment we are working on? Otherwise, I will reserve a point of order on the gentleman's amendment. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will continue to read. The Clerk continued to read.

The committee would like to thank you, the gentleman from Massachusetts, the gentleman from North Carolina, and your colleagues for sponsoring this amendment. The $3 million would be added to the $3 million which the committee, Mr…

Will the gentleman yield? Mr. McGOVERN. I yield to the gentleman from New Jersey.