We have no further speakers, so I will urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I too urge adoption of the en bloc amendments and yield back the balance of my time.

I think we need to get to a reasonable defense budget. Full disclosure: I don't support the effort to cut $100 billion from the defense budget. I think we have clearly articulated needs. But I think the President and the Department of…

I have no further speakers. Madam Speaker, I urge adoption of the en bloc package, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I am prepared to close. I understand the gentleman has the right to ultimately close the debate, so I will reserve the balance of my time, unless he is prepared to close.

I thank the gentlewoman for offering this amendment. I think it is incredibly important. Mr. Garamendi outlined it quite well. There was a process to go through at DOD to determine what the budget should be. Once that process is done, we…

I have an amendment at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Strike section 1031. At the end of subtitle A of title X, insert the following: SEC. 10__. FUNDING…

They really took a hard look at everything that the Army is spending money on and said, 'Does this make sense?' and 'What is the future of the fight?'

Sylvia Garcia was particularly focused on the incidents surrounding the death of Vanessa Guillen and was incredibly important in getting the--passing the reforms to how we handle sexual assault in the military.

The two most important things to me are the Army personnel and modernization.

My constituents asked me about Ukraine all the time. I have a large Ukrainian population in my district but even constituents who aren’t Ukrainian this is something that has drawn the attention.

If Putin is able to succeed in this, you know, the devastation that Ukraine will experience will be even greater than it is right now.