I thank the ranking member and the chairman, and I yield back the balance of my time. Amendment Offered by Mr. Engel

I thank the chairman for his and the ranking member's commitment, and I certainly look forward to working to realize the potential of directed-energy weapons and to harvest the Nation's past investments in this family of technologies. With…

In this vein, I'd like to talk about the decades of investment that this Congress and the Department of Defense have made into directed-energy weapons research. More specifically, I'd like to direct them to a recent report by the Center…

My amendment proposes to add $15 million to the RDT&E in the Defense Health Program for the purpose of augmenting the Spinal Cord Injury Research Program within the Congressionally Directed Medical Research Program. Spinal cord injuries…

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 9, line 6, after the dollar amount, insert ``(reduced by $15,000,000)''. Page 35, line 15, after the…

For a fraction of the Department of Defense's total budget, SOF provides an outsized return on our investment.

How do we deconflict and coordinate such capabilities within SOF from existing or nascent capabilities elsewhere in the Department of Defense and the intelligence community, and ensure proper oversight?

I believe it is critical for those of us in Congress to make sure SOF is properly manned, trained, and resourced for future demands.

Our special operations forces are critical to our efforts to build the capacity of our partners around the globe.

Thank you. My time has expired. I hope we will get to a second round of questions. With that, I yield back and thank you for your answers.

We have many issues to consider to ensure that our special operations forces maintain their historic reputation as agile and highly effective national security assets.

It is critical for those of us in Congress to make sure SOF is properly manned, trained, and resourced for future demands.

A rare thing has happened today. Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate have reached a compromise for the greater good of the American people. Today we will vote on three critical measures: a long-term transportation extension…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. Mr. Speaker, another summer building season is well under way without a long-term transportation bill; and we are, quite frankly, down to the wire on the current funding authorization, which expires next…

Do you view Iran's recent announcement that they are pursuing development of a nuclear submarine as a complicating factor to international efforts to constrain Iran's highly enriched uranium production?

As you know, additional U.S. sanctions are scheduled to go into place on June 28th, targeted against Iran's central bank, and an EU oil embargo will begin on July 1st.

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I'd first like to thank Chairman Aderholt for his hard work. His efforts to support and strengthen cybersecurity activities within the Department of Homeland Security have been commendable, and I want to…

I thank the gentleman. In that spirit, I would like to encourage the gentleman to work together with Mr. Price on efforts to determine and address potential DHS cyber workforce challenges. Specifically, I believe it would be a great value…

I thank the chairman. I certainly look forward to working with my good friend to ensure that our Federal Government is properly addressing these critically important cybersecurity and cyberworkforce challenges. It's a very important issue…

The National Counterintelligence Executive cautions that the intelligence community can't entirely prevent cybertheft of national and industrial secrets, but the community can minimize the hostile activity and mitigate the effects. Those…

I thank the gentleman for yielding. I thank both Chairman Rogers and Ranking Member Ruppersberger for their outstanding work on this very important legislation and so many aspects contained in it. Last September, I proudly spoke in support…

I am proud today to participate in the Foster Youth Shadow Day Program in honor of National Foster Youth Month. Many of my colleagues today have been paired with a foster youth to give them a firsthand glimpse of life in and around the…

On rollcall vote Nos. 294 and 295, I was unavoidably detained. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on both votes. ____________________

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. There are strict policies for how these tools can be used: there has to be a significant threat to the United States; action could mitigate or prevent an actual threat from materializing; capture is not…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I appreciate the gentleman from Ohio and the gentleman from Michigan for offering this amendment; but unfortunately I must rise in opposition. I certainly share their concerns, and I know of their…