William M. ``Mac'' Thornberry: “These amendments have been worked out with the minority. I believe that they should be acceptable to all Members. I…”

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. As the current occupant of the chair will remember, on February 6, 2018, just last year, Secretary of Defense Mattis testified: ``Let me be clear, as hard as the last 16 years of war have been, no enemy…

This motion is the last opportunity to amend the bill, and it does so, of course, without delaying passage. The bill, as it was considered in committee, authorized $733 billion for defense. Thanks to the work of General Bacon, the…

Yesterday, we lost a former colleague, a patriot, and a true American hero. Calling the gentleman from Texas, Sam Johnson, a hero is not some sort of inflated rhetoric or hyperbole; it is the best description I know of Sam Johnson and his…

I believe that we have to be clear-eyed about the threat that emanates from North Korea, not only against us, but our allies.