Pete Sessions: “the subcommittee, of which I was not a member, gave a lot of thought to this. Their number reduced by half the amount…”

“the subcommittee, of which I was not a member, gave a lot of thought to this. Their number reduced by half the amount that could be charged. I think it is somewhat higher than in the amendment of Senator Manchin, but it went from--it could have been $900,000 a year and I believe they cut it to under $500,000 a year. The Committee on Armed Services discussed it. I believe the Manchin amendment did not pass. I supported the subcommittee's mark on that. I think they have come to a reasonable number. You are asking top executives maybe to move across the country to lead an engineering project, and maybe that is the right figure. But I respect the interest of the Senator, and I understand the effort behind his amendment. The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time having expired, the question is on agreeing to amendment No. 1268.”