Mr. Speaker, I actually came here to debate the defense budget, but I am happy to respond to a number of points that my good friend from Maryland made. Let me first say I appreciate his recognition for the outstanding work the Republican Congress did in the final 4 years of the Clinton administration balancing the budget and dragging our friends across the aisle kicking and screaming to that laudable thing.
Discussing the defense budget and responding to points made by a colleague.
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We will engage where it matters, we will invest where it counts, and we will demand accountability for every dollar spent.
Our conference refuses to let the obstruction and inaction of Senate Democrats trigger another manufactured shutdown at the end of September. That is why we are acting before a funding lapse crisis, not in response to it.
It gives the nation and our constituents certainty, certainty that the government will remain open, certainty that our service members will be paid.
The Senate has wasted the entire year and a half. They have not passed a single bill.
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