William M. ``Mac'' Thornberry: “It seems to me that any people ought to be able to defend themselves and their country.”

I have no further requests for time other than myself to close. I reserve the balance of my time.

I claim the time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman from Texas is recognized for 10 minutes.

On that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--yeas 377, nays 48, not voting 5, as follows: [Roll No. 672] YEAS--377 Abraham Adams Aderholt Aguilar Allen Allred…

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…