Ike Skelton

Mr. SKELTON

Mr. SKELTON. I yield 2 minutes to my colleague, the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Klein).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I demand a recorded vote.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, pursuant to House Resolution 1404, I offer amendments en bloc No. 8.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I urge the committee to adopt the amendments en bloc, all of which have been examined by both the majority and the minority. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Iowa (Mr. Boswell). (Mr. BOSWELL asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 1 minute to my colleague, the gentleman from Virginia (Mr. Connolly).

Mr. SKELTON. I yield 2 minutes to my friend the gentleman from California (Mr. Daniel E. Lungren).

Mr. SKELTON. That is correct. The amendment is simply asking for a plan to speed up the process, as appropriate. The sponsor of the amendment believes, as do I, that all appropriate security and background checks must be carried out in the right way to best protect our national security.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2 minutes to my friend the gentlewoman from Nevada (Ms. Titus).

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Mr. SKELTON. Madam Chairman, I move that the Committee do now rise.

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Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to my colleague, my friend from Texas (Mr. Ortiz), the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Readiness.

Mr. SKELTON. I yield 1 minute to my colleague, the gentleman from New York (Mr. McMahon).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I ask unanimous consent to reclaim my time.

Mr. SKELTON. I yield 1 minute to the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Davis).

Mr. SKELTON. I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Rhode Island (Mr. Kennedy).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to my friend, my colleague, a former marine, and the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, the gentleman from Arkansas, Dr. Snyder.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to my friend, my colleague, the distinguished chairman of the Subcommittee on Air and Land Forces, the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith). (Mr. SMITH of Washington asked and was given permission to revise and extend his remarks.)

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 3 minutes to my friend and colleague, the gentleman from Mississippi (Mr. Taylor), who's the chairman of the Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces.

Mr. SKELTON. I yield the gentleman an additional 30 seconds.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to my friend, the chair of the Subcommittee on Terrorism, Unconventional Threats and Capabilities, the gentlewoman from California (Ms. Loretta Sanchez).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, pursuant to section 4 of House Resolution 1404, and as the chairman of the Committee on Armed Services, I request that, during further consideration of H.R. 5136 in the Committee of the Whole, and following consideration of amendment No. 4 printed in House Report 111-498, the following amendments be considered: en bloc No. 1; amendment No. 13; en bloc No. 2; en bloc No. 3.

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, I yield 2\1/2\ minutes to my friend, the distinguished chair of the Subcommittee on Military Personnel, the gentlewoman from California (Mrs. Davis).

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire of the time remaining, please.

Mr. SKELTON. Would the gentleman from California care to proceed?

Mr. SKELTON. Mr. Chairman, may I inquire about the available time.