Ukraine is a democracy, while Russia is an authoritarian regime that is seeking to impose its will, upon a validly-elected democracy, in Ukraine. And we're on the side of democracy.

Ukraine is a democracy. Russia is an authoritarian regime that is seeking to impose its will upon a validly elected democracy in Ukraine, and we are on the side of democracy.

I thank the ranking member for yielding. Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Fiscal Year 2022 National Defense Authorization Act. I thank Chairman Smith, Ranking Member Rogers, and, of course, chairman of the Strategic Forces…

You killed an innocent man, and yet an attack didn't happen.

May I inquire how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman has 2\1/2\ minutes remaining.

I thank my good friend, Mr. Garamendi, for bringing this forward. I do mean that ``thank you'' sincerely because he gives us an opportunity to highlight that this provision that he seeks to undo has strong bipartisan support…

Representative Garamendi is correct. Russia and China are in an arms race; we are not merely modernizing our forces. It is sad that we are here trying to defend against an amendment that will weaken our national defense just as yesterday…

I claim the time in opposition. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio is recognized for 5 minutes.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to section 3(s) of House Resolution 8, the yeas and nays are ordered. Pursuant to clause 8 of rule XX, further proceedings on this question are postponed. amendment no…

I reserve the balance of my time. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Ohio has the only time remaining.

I support the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022. Thanks to the leadership of Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers, as well as the chairman of the Strategic Forces Subcommittee, Jim Cooper, this year's NDAA was…

it's always concerning when we have testimony, as we have from the both of you, concerning China's and Russia's modernization.

it is a more credible deterrent, and it allows us to not rely on the threat of large-scale nuclear responses.

the acting secretary acknowledged that he requested that this be defunded.

I am very concerned in where it has placed us in that it is so late, having received it in June.

The missile defense budget is just one example of where the Biden defense budget comes up short.

Do you realize the extent to which you have undermined President Biden and the United States in indicating that a weapons system that is nuclear is going to be unilaterally defunded without any negotiations or without receiving any…

Do you know the extent to which you have undermined the President of the United States in his arms control negotiations by undertaking what can only be described as a unilateral, you alone having done it, disarmament recommendation?

We must replenish the Iron Dome system and help advance next-generation missile defense technology developed by the United States and Israel.

I always like to point out that, prior to the deployment of Iron Dome, the critics of missile defense used to say that it is too expensive, it is escalatory, and that it won't work.

I believe that unilateral disarmament is certainly, you know, as a policy, idiotic because we don't have a support for our deterrence and certainly we have no bargaining chips when we meet with our adversaries.

I am disappointed in the top line in the President's budget. It does not keep up with inflation...

I am very concerned and I think we are all shocked to have heard the news of the Acting Secretary of the Navy appearing to take action to zero out the sea-launched cruise missile.

We don't have a copy of the previous best 200 study that was completed at the end of the Obama administration. Would you commit to providing that to the committee?

It is a hell of a way to start a dialogue is to call for the canceling.