I would simply note that, in last year's NDAA, when the Republicans were in charge, they cut $751 million from the personnel account, and then the President, 6 months after that, took another $1 billion out of the personnel account to fund…

I have an amendment at the desk. The CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 696, line 8, strike ``Secretary of Defense'' and insert ``Director of National Intelligence''. Page 697, line…

I am pleased to yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Cuellar).

It is a unique way of looking at the world to describe a nation that has literally thousands of nuclear weapons as unilaterally disarming. I assure the public, we are not doing that. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1\1/2\ minutes to the gentleman…

I would simply say that there are reporting requirements; there are not comprehensive reporting requirements. And that is the purpose of this amendment, to make sure we report everything and so that we have all of the information that is…

I strongly support this amendment. The documents that the gentleman just pointed to don't even begin to scratch the surface of addressing the issue that the gentlewoman is raising. Those are very broad documents about where the Defense…

I don't have any speakers. We have been doing so many votes on the House floor that it appears we have worn down the Members of Congress. We don't have as many people over here to speak as we normally do on our en bloc packages. Madam…

taxpayers want to know, whether it is the Pentagon or anyplace else, that the money is being well spent.

The Pentagon has not really met that standard. Too large, too bureaucratic.

We can do better in terms of understanding how the money is spent, where it goes, and make sure that we are spending that money efficiently.

Taxpayers want to know... that the money is being well spent.

the Pentagon has not really met that standard. Too large, too bureaucratic.