Joe Manchin: “If you want to keep them at the same readiness level as an Active component, you have to spend more and more money.”

The politics are so toxic, the more you talk about this party, that party, what candidate and this candidate.

I ask unanimous consent to enter into a colloquy with my friend, Senator Cruz from Texas. The PRESIDING OFFICER (Mr. Ossoff). Without objection, it is so ordered. H.R. 82

Lets put some respect back in and the dignity and decorum in the life of this great country of ours, lets be Americans first and put the -- put the country before the party.

If we don't do permitting, and we don't have permitting reform in America, we're not going to meet the challenges and be energy-independent.