The 1033 program has been highly controversial because it has led to some pretty substantial pieces of military equipment being transferred to law enforcement--vehicles, in particular--and, to some degree, led to the militarization of the…

I believe we have the right to close, I have one speaker remaining, and I reserve the balance of my time.

The gentleman answered a question that I didn't ask. I don't doubt the need that you describe in those communities. The question that I asked was why are other communities' needs not as great, which is a more complicated question. Nor do I…

I think that was an excellent close. I would just urge opposition to this amendment for all the reasons that were stated by the previous speaker, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR (Mr. Obernolte). The question is on…

This is a very problematic amendment. I mean, we all have parochial interests in our district that we want to protect, but one thing our committee has worked very hard to do is to not put those peripheral interests ahead of the broader…

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 South Carolina will be postponed. Amendment No. 34 Offered by Mr. Crenshaw The Acting…

While I would not say at this point in particular Gaza is an ally of the U.S., as clearly they are not, I do not believe that Gaza is an enemy of the U.S., which is what is clearly being implied here. Yes, obviously, while I say there are…

This amendment would effectively ban electric vehicles and ban any effort to use them. Now, I will certainly agree that we are a long way off from having all electrical vehicles, but that is not what we are debating here. We are debating…

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 Georgia will be postponed. Amendment No. 23 Offered by Mr. Biggs The Acting CHAIR. It is…

This is actually an amendment that was defeated on a bipartisan vote in the House Armed Services Committee. There are no plans for the Department of Defense to participate in any resettlement process at this point. It is possible that it…

I have no further speakers and am prepared to close whenever the gentleman is. I reserve the balance of my time.

I will be brief on this, but this is a requirement the DOD at the moment doesn't want to do. For the uninitiated, B-52s are not all nuclear capable because there are limitations within the New START treaty, which is still in existence…