do you believe then, based on your experience in Virginia, that you are in agreement with a one-size-fits-all?

H.R. 615 provides critical safeguards that Representative Wittman talked about when agencies contemplate the idea of banning lead ammunition and fishing tackle.

I haven't seen a single bit of evidence that says that a lead fishing sinker that is at the bottom of 100 feet of water somehow is going to be detrimental to the California condor.

What I am saying is Representative Wittman's bill puts these critical sideboards on this decision-making process.

H.R. 615 is really important.

Such a ban on lead ammunition and fishing tackle will have serious consequences for sportsmen who contribute to conservation.

Let's make no mistake about it. There are instances where we see conflict with lead and wildlife that has clearly been taken care of with banning lead shot for hunting waterfowl.

Do you believe the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service then disagrees with the EPA's determination on denial of those bans on lead ammunition and fishing tackle?

So, now, within that context, within looking at it and saying, hey, states' ideas and thoughts about Federal regulation should have a role...

Mr. Wittman's bill would prohibit a blanket U.S. Fish and Wildlife ban on lead ammunition and fishing tackle...

But the other instances where we are going to carte blanche provide the opportunity for the agencies to ban lead in all instances.

For a country like the United States, a very developed country, we need our own sources of minerals for our economy and for our national defense.

I do not know any laws of math that allow you to do addition by subtraction.

We see ourselves at a tipping point in the history of this Nation's Navy-Marine Corps team.

I have a hard time figuring out how we are doing addition by subtraction.

I think this is something that we must seriously pursue. It is critically important that we have redundancy in space.

we are buying, what I would say, aircraft that are not going to be in a place to actually provide us the combat power we are going to need.

there ought to be in the Air Force's plan as part of that a bridge, and that bridge, in my mind, should be the unmanned component, the CCA component.

With essentially a flat budget from last year, inflation will provide a 5 percent reduction in real procurement for the Army.

We know that large-scale maneuver forces are applicable in Europe. They are not going to be applicable in the INDOPACOM.

I feel very confident that the Army is up for the challenge.

one of my proudest moments in Congress was introducing the Baltic Security Initiative, which provides targeted security assistance to Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Fiscal year 2024 budget requests for brigade equipping has been particularly limited for Army, including a 60 percent reduction in Abrams tanks and a 50 percent reduction in Stryker and Paladin howitzers.

The Army has been particularly harmed by the President's budget request for fiscal year 2024 and force structure and force modernization have served as the bill payer for the President's domestic priorities.

I think a very important part of the Army force structure is the men and women that serve.