Adam Smith

We clearly have national security interests in how Afghanistan is governed, and Pakistan as well.

This is obviously a very, very difficult part of the world.

We have had timelines. We have had troop caps. We have also consistently exceeded those troop caps and consistently gone beyond those timelines.

Making sure that we don't return to those days is clearly in our national security interests.

We ask that Congress approve the Committee Report language in the FY2018 NDAA which further defines Section 2805.

I don't have any speakers either, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I agree with the chairman. I support the en bloc package, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I have no further speakers, and I urge adoption of the amendments en bloc. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I am pleased to yield 4 minutes to the gentlewoman from Texas (Ms. Jackson Lee).

As I like to quote: ``Gentlemen, we are out of money; it is time to think.'' We are, in fact, running out of money--that is a Winston Churchill quote, by the way--but we appear to not be willing to do the thinking part about making choices…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentlewoman from Missouri will be postponed.

There is no study whatsoever that shows this is going to cost $3.7 billion. And this amendment is not just about transgender surgery, it is about any treatment. Let's keep that in mind. Mr. Chair, I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from…

I support the en bloc package, as well, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I urge Members to support the en bloc package, and I yield back the balance of my time.

It is not clear that it has got a prohibition on a study, nor does it call for one. So as we get into conference, I think it might be a worthwhile thing to say that we authorize, ask--you know, and I am not sure if this is something the…

I urge adoption of the amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

I just want to say very quickly, I still have the concerns that I have expressed about the broader nuclear weapons issue and will talk a little bit more about that in a minute. But you know, this is a way to at least give an option to get…

I claim the time in opposition, though I am not opposed. The Acting CHAIR. Without objection, the gentleman is recognized for 5 minutes.

I am not going to take that much time. I agree with the chairman. This is uncontroversial and should be adopted. Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Davis).

I am pleased to yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Langevin), the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Emerging Threats and Capabilities. (Mr. LANGEVIN asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

I do not think it serves any particular purpose to make promises that nobody has any intention of keeping.

I cannot help but think that it is because...you did not want to look at it and see just how outlandish those numbers would be versus the money we have.

I agree with the Secretary of State. We should be finding ways to solve that problem, not ways to throw gasoline on the fire.