Mike Gallagher

If we do all these things and then outlaw the use of acronyms, the Chinese cannot beat us. I guarantee you.

I certainly applaud it, because it goes back to the point I made about literacy--what do you need to know for the position you're going to.

I just would argue, in 2022--technologically, there's no barrier to it.

The idea being that, you know, go back to Rooster's [Lieutenant General Schmidle's] days and every naval officer could tell you everything about the Soviet navy.

Give the top 10 percent or 25 percent graduates preferential treatment in terms of their follow-on assignment, right. That could be a powerful incentive.

Well, I'm quite attracted to this idea of increasing the rigor and I would argue if someone can't write a coherent sentence or paragraph in simple and direct prose, perhaps that's an indication that that person should not be promoted…

a nation that makes a great distinction between its scholars and its warriors will have its laws made by cowards and its wars fought by fools.

I'm not willing to just accept that necessarily. I don't think it would be a bad idea to be--to sort of post that information publicly.

I strongly suggest that we don't [divest to invest], for all the reasons that Mr. Wittman has addressed.

Inflation, left unaddressed, could effectively cut the Defense Department and hollow it out by, by some estimates $160 billion.

The concern you're hearing from a lot of people is that that means we are going to be weakest at the worst possible moment.

I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 1297. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Mr. Mrvan). The gentleman's request is accepted. ____________________

the administration talks about our pacing challenge of China and the acute threat of Russia, but their budget requests continue to have more bark than bite.

I remain convinced that we should reject the disorder offered by our current logistics vision and work with my Democrat colleagues to correct the more egregious elements of this failing budget request.

The Military Health System is not where we need it to be.

It is incomprehensible and shameful that we cannot ensure they have the quality medical care they deserve.

There are few incentives better than the threat of legal action to push an organization to change its behavior.

I think it is just about the truth. Because when you proxy vote...you have to sign a piece of paper that says, I am unable to physically attend proceedings in the House Chamber due to the ongoing public health emergency.

I think there are a lot of lessons to be learned there, and she did it the right way.

That is a very big statement. That is a debatable statement, one we ought to be debating.

How can you maintain the integrity of the institution if you are institutionalizing lies?

your Members squabbled for months on end over this process.

They are abusing proxy voting so they can have a longer weekend, right? Because it is an inconvenience to come to D.C.

nobody on my side was for Build Back Better.

There is no question it is obvious and inarguable, to the point of being self-evident now, that people are abusing proxy voting.