Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentlelady from California (Ms. Sanchez), the ranking member of the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Connecticut (Mr. Courtney), a member of the committee.

Mr. Speaker, how much time remains? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington has 9\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from California has 5 minutes remaining.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Barber), a member of the committee.

Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin), the ranking member of the Intelligence, Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee. (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to address the House for…

Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 4 minutes. I want to thank the chairman and echo his words about how important it is that we pass this piece of legislation. It is critical to our national security and critical to supporting our troops, to make…

I think it is very important that we on this committee keep up to date on developments in China, both in terms of their foreign policy aims and also, most importantly, their military buildup.

There is no reason that we should have China as an enemy. We should certainly look for ways to work together.

I think the world would be better served if a nation like China were to step up and begin to take those sorts of greater responsibilities.

He was an amazing man. I mean, I can't think of anybody who was more dedicated to the people who served in the military.

He went out of his way to work across the aisle to make sure that we always remembered what we were doing here, which was to look after the national security interests of our country and those who served and protected it.