mr. reyes, no. mr. thornberry, aye. miss sanchez, no. mr. jones, mr. jones votes aye. mr. mcintyre, votes no. mr. akin, mr. akin. mr. brady. mr. brady votes no. mr. forbes. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews. mr. andrews votes no. mr. miller, mr. miller votes aye. mrs. davis, mrs. davis votes no. mr. will son boats eye. mr. longevo, no. mr. larsen votes no. mr. turner votes aye. mr. cooper votes no plxt klein, mr. klein votes eye. miss pordio votes no. mr. rogers votes aye. mr. courtney votings no. mr. franks votes aye. mr. lobesack, votes no. mr. schuster boats aye. miss tsongas votes. miss pengri votes no. mr. landborn votes eye. mr. kissle votes aye. mr. witman votes aye. mr. heinrich votes aye. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. owens votes aye. dr. fleming, votes aye. mr. garamendi votes no. mr. kauffman votes eye. mr. critz votes no. mr. rooney, mr. rooney votes eye. mr. ryan votes no plxt plats, votes eye. mr. rubbers burger. votes no. mr. ridgel votes eye. mr. johnson votes no. mr. gibson votes aye. miss sutton votes no. mrs. heartsler, votes aye. miss hanabusa votes no. dr.

mr. reyes votes no. ms. sanchez? mr. sanchez votes no. mr. jones. mr. mcintyre. fwlchlt mcintyre votes aye. i'm sorry. m. mcintyre is recorded as present. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews? >> mr. andrews votes aye. mr. davis votes no. mr. wilson votes aye. mr. larsson votes no. mr. turner? mr. cooper votes aye. mr. klein? mr. klein votes no. ms. bordallo votes no. mr. franks votes no. mr. loebsack votes no. ms. pi in pgree votes aye. mr. lamborn votes no. plrks kissel votes aye. mr. whitman votes aye. mr. hinrich votes aye. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. owens votes aye. dr. fleming votes no. mr. garamendi votes aye. mr. critz rotes aye. mr. rooney votes aye. mr. ryan votes aye. mr. platts votes aye. mr. ruppersberger votes aye. mr. johnson votes aye. mr. gibson votes aye. ms. sutton votes aye. ms. hartzler votes a ye. mrs. hanabusa votes aye. dr. heck votes no. m.hochul votes aye. mr. schilling? mr. schilling votes aye. ms. speier votes aye. mr. runyon votes aye. mr. scott votes aye. mr. griffin votes aye. mr. palazzo votes no. mr. west votes no. mrs. roby votes aye

mr. reyes voets no. mr. thornbury votes aye. ms. sanchez votes no. mr. jones. mr. mcintyre. mr. mcintyre veets no. mr. akin votes aye. mr. brady votes no. mr. forbes votes aye. mr. andrews votes no. mr. miller votes aye. mrs. davis votes no. mr. wilson votes aye. mr. langevin votes no. mr. lobiondo votes no. mr. larsen votes no. mr. turner votes aye. mr. cooper votes no. mr. kline votes aye. ms. bordallo. ms. bordallo votes no. mr. rogers votes no. mr. courtney votes no. mr. franks votes aye. mr. loebsack votes no. mr. shuster votes aye. ms. tso 234 gas votes no. mr. conaway votes aye. ms. pingree votes no. mr. lamborn votes aye. mr. kissell votes no. mr. wittman votes aye. mr. heinrich votes no. mr. hunter votes aye. mr. owens votes no. dr. fleming votes aye. mr. garamendi votes no. mr. coffman votes aye. mr. critz votes no. fwlchlt rooney votes no. mr. ryan votes no. mr. platts votes no. mr. ruppersberger votes no. mr. riggell votes aye. mr. johnson votes no. mr. gibson votes no. ms. sutton votes no. mrs. hartzler votes aye. ms. hanabusa votes no. dr. heck votes aye. ms. hocl

mr. reyes is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i appreciate being recognized and yield my time to miss sanchez. >> thank you, mr. reyes. because you're lumping these two together, we're really on amendment number 47 that you're talking about at this point, right? i want to make it right for the record because number 46 is certainly not in the fiscal year 13 president's budget. thank you and i'll yield back to the gentleman from texas. >> i'll yield back. >> the chair now recognizes the gentleman from south carolina, mr. wilson. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i yield to the gentleman from ohio, mike turner. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. i wanted to echo what mr. tho thornberry just said, in the department of defense they built in new mexico and washington and kings bay, georgia. one thing that was pointed out important, this is a one-of-a-kind facility. i guess that would mean no one has experience in doing it and having the dod and nsa work together would probably be a good idea since they probably have similar expertise in

i would first like to thank my good friend mr. reyes for all of his help and thank you to a first class staff. thank you so much. the tactical air and land forces committee as a subdivision of this subcommittee, the mark gives first priority to the war fighter by providing equipment needed to support our forces in combat, active guard and reserve. over $2 billion in the president's budget request is recommended to be authorized to address urgent operational needs fo

the chair now recognizes mr. reyes for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. rise in opposition to associate myself with the lady from guam because i actually administer the pilot program under the 876 in the mid-80s. under the reaganite ministration they required us to do a pilot and in a law-enforcement agency, the impact that it had on us was that a typical oil change for a vehicle went from about five bucks to about 20. and if you did it after hours and if you did it on the weekend or holiday there is an additional surcharge for any sort of work done under the 76 program. it was supposed to be a one-year pilot after six months at the very frustrating experience of being able to manage the 24 hour law enforcement operation of the program was canceled. so this is not based on the study. it is actual a pilot program that was found in the mcallen sector and i was the chief of the time. i am in opposition to this amendment and i urge the members to oppose it an ideal that. >> gentlemen yields back. if there's no further discussion on the amendment, the question

shows over four or five years for -- that they're almost all in the v.a. >> thank you very much. >> mr. reyes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. i apologize for being late, we have competing hearings taking place. with regard to the -- we have the -- in fort bliss, we have the wounded warrior transition center and one of the questions that i get asked is the research and development that is going on in the area of prosthetics, can any of you comment on what -- what kind of r&d is going on? i know, just seeing the type of prosthetics being used today from my viewpoint, it's phenomenal. i'm not sure that i understand where that r&d is taking place for prosthetics. >> sir, i apologize. i don't know the answer to that in detail that you need. the next panel may be able to explain what they're fundingened how much, i can't give you a good view of that, sir. >> ok. the other question i have, there have been many concerns expressed about the proposed changes to the procurement. i'm not sure i understood the issue and the concern from veterans that there might be a further delay in getting their service fo

the gentleman from texas, mr. reyes for any comment he would like to make. the tactical air force sub committee has a long history of working in a bipartisan fashion to complete a portion of the chairman's mark for the national defense authorization act. i'm pleased to say the chairman has continued the tradition. and i echo his kmens about the appreciation we both feel for the staff. first, the chairman's mark supports all the acquisition programs in the president's budget. for example, the chairman's mark fully funds the army's ground combat vehicle program at $639 million. it provides $9 billion for the f-35 joint strike fighter program. provides $5.8 billion for the new army helicopters and other aviation upgrades. provides $3 billion for the 38 f-18s and provides $1.6 billion for the off sprays. included in there is also providing 2.2 billion for upgrading the army's tactical communications network, providing 1.5 billion for u.s. marine corps equipment and 46 million for striker vehicles and upgrades. the chairman's mark increases funding for some parts

ranking member of the subcommittee on tactical error and land forces, the gentleman from texas, mr. reyes for any comments he would like the make. >> thank you, mr. chairman. the tactical air and land forces subcommittee has a long history of working in a bipartisan fashion to complete its portion of the chairman's mark for the national defense authorization act. i am happy to say that chairman bartlett has continued that tradition, and i echo his comments about the appreciation we feel for the staff on both sides of the aisle. we want to thank them for their hard work. first, the subcommittee's portion of the chairman's mark supports all the high priority acquisition programs in the president's budget. for example, the chairman's mark fully funds the army's ground combat vehicle program at $639 million. it provides $9 billion for the f-35 joint strike fighter program, provides $5.8 billion for the new army helicopters, uavs and other aviation platforms and upgrades, provides $3 billion for the 38 fa/18s and $1.6 billion for 21 v-22 ospreys. included is $2.2 billion for upgrading the army

. >> mr. reyes. >> thank you, madam chair. >> you mention the center of excellence. where is that located and how much of the work being done there is medical research as it pertains to prosthetics? >> the son of excellence i spoke about is situated va dod center of excellence for extremity care. that actually will be a virtual center or as a virtual center. it will have locations in san antonio, texas and in washington d.c. staff will be distributed across our sistan said that some of our staff will be in various centers, both va and dod centers around the country so we are collaborating, coordinating our house for. i think you mentioned research earlier, sir. one of the things you talked about that will be able to do by leveraging the capabilities with dod and va is built to do clinical trial type of evaluations that a number of different centers at the same time that is one of the missions that destroyed the eighth dod center of excellence is research coordination and studying and reporting on new technology is an outcomes for care. >> how will you ensure that at

mr. president reyes. >> thank you, mr. chairman. let me associate myself with the comments of mr. forbes, because you know, i don't know why we attacked federal employees. if we learned anything from the iraq experience it was that contracting out is very expensive. and part of what these kinds of efforts do is demoralize the federal workforce. we've got to people that continuously are deployed out of the pentagon to all parts of the world. i know that from my experience on the intelligence committee, and not doing an assessment, not doing a study that actually would give us the reason to think to do this kind of a -- of a cutback on 118,000 federal employees. i think it's nome not well thought out, but conceivably could do irreparable harm to our ability. now, we talk, and my good friend russell bartlett is not here but we talk about car industrial base. that also goes to our federal employees that have work add lifetime in a career defending our country, and i think it that serve better. so i would oppose this amendment. and i yield back. >> the gentleman yields back. the chair

including mr. reyes. some of what you're getting is a new district. total 43,000 people voted. whef you have a tiny turnout like that, strange things or surprising things can and do happen. very quickly about ted cruz versus david dewhurst. the runoff isn't till july. look for this as a chance for the tea party to score against the establishment like they did in indiana against dick lugar. >> wasn't sarah palin on ted cruz's side in that campaign? >> she was indeed and jim demint and the club for growth. >> another victory for sarah palin in this anti-incumbent at least tea party effort against incumbents. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> see you later, chris sa little za. the death toll continues in syria. new video showing the latest blood shed. this is disturbing. the images are from eastern syria where u.n. observers found the bodies of 138 people handcuffed, blindfolded shot execution style. nbc cannot verify the authenticity of this video but its eamerican jens only days after the massacre in houla is fueling concern over the growing crisis. a men mo ha dean is live in ca

mr. reyes. quayle of arizona, for their work on this bipartisan, bicam rell bill. similar legislation passed -- bycameral bill. similar legislation passed the senate earlier. this bill identifies the construction, financing or use of cross-border tunnel as a predicate offense for a charge of money laundering and for authorization of oil or communication. and it has the property that enters the -- and it prohibits the property that enters the united states through cross-border tunnels. drug traffickers have ramped up their use of underground smuggling in light of increased border security, either real or perceived. mexican drug trafficking organizations have used tunnels since at least 1990. a number of cross-border tunnels continue to be found in california and arizona. these tunnels range in sophistication from a simple 16-inch pipe to well engineered tunnels equipped with electricity, ventilation and rails. ownership of the tunnels is often attributed to the mexican drug cartels. to find cros

the chair: the -- mr. reyes -- >> this amendment restricts the fuel choices, it does not say they cannot develop alternative fuel sources. mr. flores: they re-- the navy made a purchase of biofuel for $27 which was five or six times more expensive than traditional fuels. we can debate if that's the appropriate use of taxpayer money, i think it's wrong. this amendment would not affect that whatsoever. all it says is the navy or the military -- the other branches of the military or any federal agency affected by milcon v.a. can buy whatever fuel it deems most appropriate for its needs. i yield back to to the gentleman from texas. mr. culberson: i urge adoption of the amendment. the chair: the gentleman yields back. mr. culberson: and i yield back. the chair: the question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from texas. those in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the amendment is afreed to. for what purpose does -- agreed to. for what purpose does the gentleman

if your entry on the battlefield to have about a 95% chance now of surviving as opposed to when mr. reyesn vietnam which was a lot less than that i can tell you. so we are going to have to deal with these issues going forward, and we should. i guess the question that i have for you is do you agree with the captains and ago if the va changes its procurement and so forth this will be detrimental to in other words should we keep doing what we are doing and then tighten up on what they said? that isn't at the heart of the inventory. wal-mart can tell you when you to put toothpaste went out the door, so we should be able to do that and it sounds like the va in 2015 that should be implemented. >> do you agree? >> i didn't look at the business practices by which these prosthetics are determined what is appropriate. we simply in this report looked at the populations that existed and tried to understand who they were and what was going on with them. similarly to the gentleman on the second panel, we didn't look at effectiveness of one prostatic over another or, you know, the cost effectiveness of