William M. ``Mac'' Thornberry

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 thank the gentleman for yielding and join him in opposing the previous question so that Congress can meet its most fundamental responsibilities under the Constitution. Article I, Section 8 says that it is Congress' responsibility to…

I have a motion to instruct conferees at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Thornberry moves that the managers on the part of the House at the conference on the disagreeing…

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

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…

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of rule XX, a 5-minute vote on the motion to recommit will be followed by a 5-minute vote on passage of H.R. 2500, if ordered, and the…

I am in its present form. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mr. Thornberry moves to recommit the bill H.R. 2500 to the Committee on Armed Services with instructions to report…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Washington will be postponed. Amendments En Bloc No. 17 Offered by Mr. Smith of Washington

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…

It is straight up: pay raise, restore personnel accounts, and improve readiness. It is straight up or down. You are for it or against it. Madam Speaker, I yield back the balance of my time.

I demand a recorded vote. A recorded vote was ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. This is a 5-minute vote. The vote was taken by electronic device, and there were--ayes 220, noes 197, not voting 16, as follows: [Roll No. 473] AYES--220 Adams…

I have only myself to speak, so I reserve the balance of time to close.

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Mississippi will be postponed. {time} 0930 Amendment No. 438 Offered by Mr. Malinowski The…

I would inform the Chair that I have only myself to speak on this amendment. I don't know if the chairman has other speakers.

I thank the gentlewoman for yielding. Mr. Chair, I simply want to make two points. One is that the Under Secretary of State for Arms Control is supposed to meet with her Russian counterpart on this issue next week. What are we doing? We…

I appreciate the gentleman yielding. Mr. Chairman, my understanding is that, in January of this year, the independent Office of Cost Estimating and Program Evaluation, which is part of the Department of Energy's NNSA, provided a report and…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Rhode Island will be postponed. Amendment No. 29 Offered by Mr. Engel The Acting CHAIR. It…

I demand a recorded vote. The CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Michigan will be postponed. {time} 1845 Amendments En Bloc No. 6 Offered by Mr. Smith of Washington

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

I have no speakers at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.

It seems to me the studies that have been conducted make it clear that it makes no cost sense to try to extend the life of these missiles that have been in place for so long. I think what is really at stake here is whether the three legs…

I have no other speakers other than myself, and I reserve the right to close.

I have no further speakers at this time, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I appreciate the comments of the gentleman from Rhode Island, and I want to agree in substantial measure with what he said about the progress that Cyprus has made both in countering Russian influence and in combating international money…

I have no speakers here at this time, and I reserve the balance of my time.