Adam Smith actually said...

As much as I would love on this committee to be able to pull defense out and say we can ignore everything else, we aren't just members of th...

I don't agree that we can somehow pull defense out of the entire rest of the Federal Government.

The uncertainty that has accompanied the defense budget has made it very, very difficult to operate.

I will not vote for a defense continuing resolution for the rest of fiscal year 2017. It would simply do too much harm.