I thank the gentleman from Pennsylvania for his comments and the exceptional work that he does and that we do collaboratively with respect to career and technical education, and I appreciate his cosponsorship of this amendment. Mr…

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I am proud to speak today in support of the Strengthening Child Welfare Response to Trafficking Act of 2014. I would like to thank my good friend and colleague, Congresswoman Karen Bass…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 10, after line 9 insert the following: ``(B) Employment data.-- ``(i) In general.--Each eligible…

What percentage of the request is for making up for base budget shortfalls and are OCO funds being used for UFRs?

Why is air-to-air refueling not a threshold requirement? What effect would having the ability to refuel have on the requirement?

I'm sure each of you are aware of the public reports of several nations developing advanced radar systems and radar networks specifically designed to defeat low-observable platforms.

Looking at the vast array of ISR assets available to a carrier strike group commander--space, airborne both from land and sea, and undersea--what would be the 'secret sauce' that an ISR-centric, 14-hour UCLASS would bring that an 8-10 hour…

I don't think a very limited system designed to provide ISR to the carrier meaningfully addresses any of the above questions.

We need a system that has broadband, all-aspect stealth, is capable of automated aerial refueling, with an integrated surveillance and strike capability.

So, is the fund to be used solely to support foreign forces, entities, et cetera, assisting U.S. forces?

I am confident that we can build and field the kind of system that the Navy will need to give a future Commander-in-Chief real deterrent and carrier-based strike options.

For a decade, the United States, the international community, and the Iraqi people sacrificed immeasurably in support of the Iraqi people and their future. Generations of Americans and Iraqis bear the indelible marks of this conflict…

I thank you, Ranking Serrano, for your continued interest in this issue. I look forward to working with you as we move to conference to ensure that the SEC has the tools necessary to update their cybersecurity disclosure guidance and that…

I want to thank Ranking Serrano for providing me the opportunity to enter into a colloquy on the topic of cybersecurity, specifically, SEC disclosure guidance relating to cybersecurity risks and cyber incidents. This is an issue that is of…

I firmly believe that we need to do more as a country to secure our Nation against the threat of cyber penetrations and attacks, and we must do more so that investors can have the very best information available when making their…

On rollcall 393 I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``no.'' Amendment Offered by Mr. LaMalfa The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the…

I appreciate your statement regarding the benefits of the phased modernization plan.

This Fourth of July will mark the 75th anniversary of Lou Gehrig's historic farewell address at Yankee Stadium, where he brought national attention to the disease that bears his name today. Sadly, so many decades later, we are still…

I thank the ranking member. I thank both the gentlemen for their comments, their support of this research. When I was injured 34 years ago, I was told that I would never walk again, that spinal cord injury repair was just too difficult, it…

First of all, I rise to offer a very simple amendment to direct the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs to increase individual grant amounts issued through the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program. I would like to begin, of…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 33, line 11, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $30,000,000) (increased by $30,000,000)''. Page 33, line 19…

The amendment I authored with my good friends Congressman Price, Congressman Quigley and Congressman Butterfield will increase funding for FTA Technical Assistance and Training, returning them to their 2014 levels. The technical assistance…

As the chairman and the ranking member have mentioned in their opening statements, the questions about Sergeant Bergdahl's conduct should be addressed with due process at the appropriate time and such.

I certainly look forward to working with my committee colleagues to continue this tradition of rigorous, responsible, and bipartisan oversight. The work that we do is critical to our national security. Again, I thank Chairman Rogers and…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: Page 4, line 21, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $5,000,000) (increased by $5,000,000)''. The CHAIR. The gentleman…