China...are stealing our innovation, to the tune of, some would say, $2 to $600 billion.

I think this proposal that I am proposing is one step to us being able to have the information to make those kind of decisions.

What I know is that every year we spend more money than we take in. Americans, the people who elected me and us, recognize that we--this is unsustainable.

How do we make sure that the money we do--we are allocating is going toward rightful purposes?

I think it was 27 universities recently. I mean, they're stealing everything from shipping secrets, to missile secrets, to fertilizer recipes so that they can have better production in agriculture.

If we keep pouring money into this bucket without shoring up, I mean, we're in a sense funding their innovation as much as we are ours.

Every year we have deficit spending. We're looking at $22 trillion of debt, which is also a national security issue.

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Newhouse). Mr. Speaker, the Green New Deal is a bad deal for the people of America. Just days ago, we passed $22 trillion in debt for which we have no plan to begin paying off. The…

Mr. Speaker, due to personal illness, I missed votes. Had I been present, I would have voted ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 76 and ``Yea'' on rollcall No. 77. PERSONAL EXPLANATION

Mr. Chair, I urge the passage of this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

Mr. Chair, I rise in support of my amendment to H.R. 840, the Veterans' Access to Child Care Act. In 2017, the Congressional Budget Office estimated that under similar legislation to what we are considering today, the VA each year would…