I would just again point out that he wants to protect the al Qaeda cell here as long as they are lawfully in the U.S. It doesn't make any sense. I yield 1 minute and 45 seconds to the gentleman from Michigan (Mr. Amash).

I yield myself 1 minute and 15 seconds. Three quick points: First of all, habeas has already been guaranteed by the Constitution. There were those who accused last year's defense bill of having stripped habeas, but it didn't, so…

I yield myself 1 minute. I agree with a lot of what the gentleman said. For instance, he's right that we have to look at that other 61 percent of the budget. He is, however, wrong that it hasn't been touched since 2006. We Democrats…

I yield myself as much time as I may consume. There are two big problems with this. First of all, it's a 1-year solution. It would eliminate sequestration for fiscal year 2013 alone. And as we have seen this year already, the constant…

I yield myself the balance of my time. I think there are some legitimate questions about our national security. Certainly, if we saw that level of cut of a trillion dollars--and a number of issues the gentleman raised are worthy of…

We have over 5,100 nuclear warheads. Now I have seen it cited at one point that that gives us the power to destroy the Earth 23 times. I will confess that I have not done an extensive fact check on that estimate. So let's just say it's…

This amendment simply states what I think is the obvious: It would be a bad idea to put tactical nuclear weapons into South Korea. To some degree, it makes more--rational perhaps is too strong a word--user friendly Mr. Franks' amendment in…

I rise to claim time in opposition. The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

May I inquire as to how much time is remaining? The Acting CHAIR. The gentleman has 2\1/4\ minutes remaining.

I would just say that no part of the President's plan calls for having at least 68,000 troops through December 31, 2014. If you had struck that out of the bill, that would change things. But having that number in there makes an enormous…

I yield myself an additional 1 minute. There have been many times where I wished I didn't have to do that, but it comes with the job and particularly on something as important as Afghanistan. I don't think anyone would dispute that the…

What it says is basically what is obvious to everybody, which is that the President has a different opinion. The President believes that Russia can be a partner to reduce the missile threat and that he can possibly work with them to…