I would just point out that, because of the way this law is written, General Mattis actually will not be going back to civilian life after he leaves. He is still subject to the UCMJ and, therefore, is still, in some ways, a military…

This is not a vote against General Mattis. I think I made that very, very clear. I think it is very important that the House have the opportunity to hear from him, as we said we were going to do. Now, yes, he has appeared before the…

May I inquire how much time is remaining? The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington has 6\1/2\ minutes remaining. The gentleman from Texas has 6\1/2\ minutes.

May I inquire how much time each side has remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Washington has 13 minutes remaining, and the gentleman from Texas also has 13 minutes remaining.

First of all, I want to say that this is an excellent product. It was not easy to pull together. It is a very large bill with a lot of very important issues. As Chairman Thornberry indicated, a lot of people contributed to it. Certainly…

I have no further speakers, and I yield myself the balance of my time. Mr. Speaker, the most interesting thing about this debate is that, as we have moved on from speaker to speaker, the proponents of this legislation keep saying the same…

In the prime sponsor of this bill's remarks, there are a whole lot of sort of half-truths and assumptions that got jammed together that don't actually make sense and are not actually the facts that are before us to paint a very dark…

I yield myself an additional 1 minute. Once we have determined that they are not a threat, under our opinion, and are transferable, to say, look, sorry, we are just going to hold you because we want to, is really a violation of the U.S…

I just want to say quickly, in the en bloc package, there was an amendment that was put in there having to do with our development of a new rocket engine and a new launch vehicle. I just want to thank publicly Mr. Rogers, the subcommittee…

I want to make clear that my opposition to the bill at this point is not just based on the exclusion of the amendment that would have lifted the discrimination against the LGBT community. That was sort of the last straw. I was on the fence…

I demand a recorded vote. The Acting CHAIR. Pursuant to clause 6 of rule XVIII, further proceedings on the amendment offered by the gentleman from Louisiana will be postponed. {time} 1545 Amendment No. 3 Offered by Mr. Pearce The Acting…

This is clearly a problem that we need to work on. The chairman and I have worked together in talking about it and making sure that our military assets are protected as we deal with spectrum auctions. I look forward to having the…