mr. gallego, for 0 minutes. mr. gallego: thank you, mr. speaker. mr. speaker, i am a marine. james madd. war shows the characterist exs of military leaders. those who served under mad you -- mattis. es so it is with a heavy heart that i rise to oppose legislation hat would allow general mattis to serve as. for members of congress who enshrined this prohibition law had fresh memories of the second world war. they were wary of a decorated general slipping off his uniform and slip spoog a civilian role. they were apprehensive of installing a secretary deafs who would be perceived as favoring one praverage of the service over another. they also feared they could suffer thsh the military could suffer if a military leader could transfer to a powerful sillian job. happened was this after the korean war and the congress made clear it was a one-time waiver to the rule. none of our national security challenges compares to that. mr. speaker, i understand that many of my colleagues are eager to grant this waiver because they greeted the announcement of his appointment with a sigh of reli

mr. gallego to encourage diversity in the office of chief economist, as well as mr. takai, information security vulnerabilities. this bill does not just re-authorize the cftc. it also makes important process reforms and targeted changes that help main street businesses continue to access the risk management tools they need to serve their customers. over the past four years, ex cue me, 4 1/2 years -- excuse me, 4 1/2 years, the house committee on agriculture has held almost two dozen hearings examining the commission and investigating the impacts that the dodd-frank act has had on drisktives markets. what we found is -- derivatives markets. what we found is that some of the rules have had unintended consequences for farmers and ranchers, manufacturers and other businesses who use these markets to protect themselves from uncertainty. our witnesses, many of whom are market participants, struggling to comply with burdensome rules and ambiguous portions of the underlying statute, were consistent in their call for relief. to address their concerns, h.r. 238 makes reforms t

mr. gallego. >> yes, thank you, mr. chair. it has been quite interesting being marine and infantry marine and having to debate this issue. not just with my fellow colleagues but among the many marines who have contacted me through facebook and very colorful language. but it does show -- marines are marines. but it does show that this general has a great following. he is well respect. i respect him. i wish that he would be here. not because i wanted to take part in the advice and consent clause that senate should be doing. but to actually talk about historically, what are we actually doing. i fear not general mattis. i fear the general 20 years from now, 30 years from now, when another waiver comes in. whether a general that just barely left military service and 20, 30 years from now much like we were doing, we start looking at the record. we start trying to decide and decipher what those members of congress were saying and thinking. let's be clear about one thing. when general marshal was given this waiver, there was a lot of