W. Weldon: “I would like to say at the outset that even though there were two Republicans against two Democrats on this issue, my…”

I am grateful for the outstanding work the gentleman's done, and I would remind him, when I first came to Congress, and the gentleman was in the majority, he had dismantled the U.S. Fire Administration. He had put the fire academy under…

I would just remind my good friend that it was not his committee that created the fire grant program. It was this gentleman who brokered the fire grant program as an addition to the defense authorization bill. It was not the gentleman, it…

First of all, Mr. Chairman, we are not talking about a new nuclear weapon. That is not the discussion here. We are talking about an attempt to repackage an existing nuclear weapon for a new threat that we have to deal with. We know the…

As I have stated before, I do not want to alienate Moldova. The citizens of Moldova are not at fault. They are good people. It is their government that is at fault, and I do not think it is fair that its people suffer. Something must be…