“I support a study to decide where to put F-35 planes. The study will say what it costs at different places. I want them to put the planes in my state. The study might help make that happen.”
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027
“Drones are a threat. The military should make a report about it. There are many examples of drone threats. Other countries have drone technology. We need to understand the threat. The military needs power and technology to stop drones. Support my amendment.”
“I want the Department of Defense to use FedRAMP. It is a program that checks if technology is secure. I want the Department of Defense to use this program too. It will save time and money. We should use the same standards for everyone. The Department of Defense and other agencies should use the same program. I want taxpayers to spend less. I want the government to use the same process for all agencies. I want to make it easier for the Department of Defense to use secure technology. I want to help our military. There are many cyber threats. We need to use secure technology. My amendment will help do that. Please support my amendment.”
“I want the Department of War to have fewer workers. There are too many people working there. Some of them are not needed. We need to save money. The government wants more money. We are broke. We should make sure the Department of War is not wasting money. They should look at all their workers. Maybe they don't need 200,000 of them. Other big companies have some workers who don't do much. It is even more likely in a big department like the Department of War. I want the Department of War to see if they can work with fewer people. We need to protect our country. We can do that and still make sure the Department of War is not wasting money. Please support my amendment.”
“I don't want this bill to pass. I want the Department of War to keep all their workers. If they have fewer workers, some things might not get fixed as fast. I met some soldiers who had problems getting things fixed. I want their sinks and washing machines to be fixed faster. We need more people to take care of children. We need more workers. Civilians work for the Department of War too. They are important. They have good jobs. They take care of their families. I don't want them to lose their jobs. I want the government to spend more money on them. We should protect these jobs. I don't want to cut them. Please don't support this amendment.”
“I want the Department of War to write a plan for how they could reduce the number of civilian workers. We would not actually reduce the workforce by 200,000. We just want a study. The Department already offered some workers money to leave. They should not have done that with some of them. The workforce is already smaller by 65,000. Some people say that some government workers do not work hard. That happens in business too. I think it might happen more in government. I am surprised that people do not want the Department to do this study.”
“I don't want this. The Department of War could write a plan to reduce the number of workers by 200,000. That is a very big number. It comes from nowhere. There is a war on government workers. President Trump leads this war. Many workers already left. The government cut many workers. The Department already has fewer workers. They lost 78,000 workers. That is 10 percent. A study said the Department did not look at how fewer workers would change things. We should not pass this. We should not seek to fire 200,000 more workers. We do not even understand the last cuts. This hurts our country. This hurts our safety.”
“I don't want this. The Department of War can't do more with less people. We will forget how to do things. That will be bad for our country. Please vote no.”
“I want a study on how many employees are needed. The other side is bad and doesn't want a study. The Department of War wants a lot more money. We should spend less.”
“I don't like the amendment. It could fire many workers. I want those jobs in my district. The workers are good. Firing them is bad. It would hurt our troops. You should not fire workers. Vote no on the amendment.”
“I want auditors to check the Department of War. The department has not passed an audit for almost 30 years. Other agencies have passed audits. I think some people don't want an audit because they are afraid of what the auditors might find out.”
“I will work with anyone. We work in a bipartisan way on this committee. I thank the staff and Chairman Rogers for their hard work. I like some parts of the bill, but not others. The Department of War wants too much money. The budget is too high. Taxes are too low. The Department is too partisan. This makes it hard for us to work together.”
“I don't like the President's war. It was a mistake. The President had a bad plan. He wanted to bomb Iran and win fast. But the war keeps going. It costs a lot. Our allies are not happy. Trump wants more money for the war. I don't want to give it to him. We need to stop the war. Some Republicans should help us stop the President.”
“I don't like the President's plan. It is bad. The war and tariffs are bad. They divide Americans. I want the other party to agree. I want a nice budget. We should stop the war. I won't vote for this bill. I want to make more laws. I want to work with some people in the government. We need to make laws or the President will have more power. This is hard. We need to work together.”
“I want this bill to pass. It spends a lot of money on the military. I worked with my friend across the aisle. We added many things to the bill. A lot of people worked hard on it. It is good. I want more money for the military. I want to stop other countries from being too strong. This is an important bill. I want to keep working to pass this bill. I want it to become law. Everyone should support this bill.”
“I want this bill to pass. It spends money on the military. I want more money for the military. I want it to become law. I want this committee to keep working on it.”