I always appreciate hearing from my colleagues and a distinguished member of the Rules Committee, Mrs. Fischbach. I do note, however, a couple of things before I yield some time. The first is that as it relates to how the bill is funded…

Each of us should be grateful for their continued work in keeping our communities healthy.

Commercial satellites are reshaping the collection of geospatial intelligence and have been effective in tracking the Russian Federation's invasion of Ukraine.

I do want to highlight an issue that I have engaged with your department over the last several months.

I was pleased to see in your budget $17.2 million to support the 340B Drug Pricing Program.

I am proud of the budget request that HHS has put out.

The interconnectedness of our strategic competitors, their aggressive pursuit of anti-access/area denial weapon systems and strategy, and their demonstrated ability of global strike is deeply concerning.

Fort Bliss, its people, and infrastructure are critical to our military's readiness.

Punting on providing funding for the railhead further degrades Fort Bliss' ability to mobilize and demobilize troops.

I know there's some 3D [three-dimensional] printing innovation going on. But I want to emphasize that degraded living spaces and substandard facilities at our installations lowers morale.

I'm so pleased to see $15 million in the budget for a new fire station at Fort Bliss and will work to ensure that that funding is included in this year's NDAA.

Understanding NNSA's Inertial Confinement Fusion (ICF) programs are programs of the Department of Energy, the potential for FY23 reduction in programmatic appropriations for ICF is concerning and may have implications for the U.S.' nuclear…