Chip Roy: “I assume the gentleman would agree that when we are talking about this spending--let's pause for a second. Let's just…”

“I assume the gentleman would agree that when we are talking about this spending--let's pause for a second. Let's just set aside the fact that we are giving a $76 billion increase to a Defense Department, which has not been held accountable for its departure from Afghanistan, leaving billions behind, walking away from Bagram, undermining our interests, no accountability, no review of the woke policies, orders not to use terms like ``mom'' and ``dad'' at the Air Force academy or a whole story yesterday about the Marines maybe walking away from the use of ``sir'' and ``ma'am,'' it is just a fundamental undermining of the culture of the Department of Defense--purposeful by the way. {time} 1800 Every recruit and every member of the Armed Forces Active Duty whom I have talked to says that it is gutting the ability to recruit, and it is gutting the ability to have strong morale. Let's put aside that. Let's put aside $45 billion for Ukraine without accountability and a knowledge of how it is being spent and what it is being used for in our national security interests. Let's set aside $40 billion for disaster relief. I don't even know where it is going. Let's set aside the $16 billion in earmarks my friend just talked about and that he and I outlined.…”