mr. walz. mr. walz votes aye. ms. hartsler. ms. hartsler votes aye. mr. o'rourke. mr. o'rourke votes no. dr. heck. dr. heck votes aye. mr. norcross. mr. norcross votes no. mr. scott. mr. scott votes aye. mr. gallego. mr. gallego. about brooks. mr. brooks votes aye. mr. takai votes no. mr. nugent votes aye. ms. graham. ms. graham votes aye. mr. cook. mr. cook votes aye. mr. ashford. mr. ashford votes aye. mr. bridenstein. mr. bridenstein votes aye. mr. moulton. mr. moulton votes no. dr. wenstrop. dr. wenstrop votes aye. mr.ing aguilar. aye. miss wolorsky votes aye. mr. burn votes aye. mr. graves votes aye. mr. zinci votes aye. ms. stefanic. ms. stefanic votes aye. mr. mcsally votes aye. mr. knight votes aye. mr. mcarthur votes aye. mr. russell. mr. russell votes ayes. mr. gallego. mr. gallego votes no. >> the gentleman from colorado wish to change his vote? if the gentleman would say it so the clerk can hear, please. >> [ inaudible ]. >> noted aye. >> clerk will report the tally. >> mr. chairman, 42 aye votes 21 no votes. >> and the amendment is adopted. the question no

amendment number 191 by mr. walz directing an annual report for national guard capabilities. endment number 202 by mr. franks establishing a commission to assess threats from electromagnetic pulse attack. amendment number 231 by mr. johnson increasing research and development funds for stroke of black colleges and universities in minority institutions. amendment number 232 r-1 by mr. hunter directing a comptroller review general review of the distributive common ground system. amendment number 270 r-1 by mr. knight concerning the laboratory demonstration programs. amendment number 284 by mr. lambert and ms. graham establishing a program official to develop anti-coming systems an amendment number 285 r-1 by mr. lamborn directing an assessment of the directed energy investor base. >> is there any further discussion on the en bloc amendments? gentlemen from colorado. >> mr. chairman, very briefly i have several here. i'm on this subcommittee but i want to mention one in particular. i've worked with representative graham on this. we both have bills, we wrapped it up into one dynam

. >> so who -- then there is a procedure that is missing, because my colleague mr. walz talked about you need to deal with protecting the whistle-blower, deal with making the long-term changes to the -- for the health and well-being of the veterans, but i want to get at the crux of the matter. who is investigating the retaliatory action and what is the disciplinary procedure for that person. do you follow me? the forest through the trees here. >> when someone makes a disclosure and experience retaliation, they have a number of options. they can go to the accountability review, they can go to the ig, they can come to osc, they can come to congress. if they experience retaliation, we can open up an investigation where we can use our expedited review process to get relief quickly for them. and we have been able to get relief quickly for at least -- >> you're still talking about relief to protect them. i want to follow -- keep going on the track. what is the procedure for disciplinary proceeding to set the example? look, that's half of what criminal justice system is all abo