mrs. hartzler: thank you, mr. chairman. as you know in our constitution one of the few things we are supposed to do here is to provide for the common defense. i know i'm committed to doing that and i know you're committed to doing that. yet we have this continuing resolution. so that's certainly makes me feel more confident in our efforts that our troops are being watched out for and their families. i thank you for that commitment. will you continue to promise to work with me through this coming year to move forward to ensure that our troops and their families are supplied with all that they need? mr. young: i can. i would like to say we look forward to working with you during this congress as we do what it is you want us to do. mrs. hartzler: thank you very much for your commit. i look forward to it. with that i yield back. the chair: the gentlelady from missouri yields back her time. for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? the gentleman is recognized for five minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. if

mrs. hartzler? sadly, i didn't have an answer. they didn't care about the truth. they didn't care about the young woman before them. they cared about a profit. this pattern continues with recent revelations that they were willing to cover up child sexual trafficking and child sexual abuse and aid and abet prostitution. where was planned parenthood when they had a chance to protect young women? they turned a blind eye. i'd call it a war against young women. and yet this organization receives $363 million of revenue a year from you and i, the taxpayer. hard-working men and women in this country should not have to write a check on april 15 to fund these abombenable practices. at a time we're borrowing 40 cents out of every dollar we spend and running a huge deficit, we need to look for savings to the taxpayer wherever we can. certainly saving $363 million from this abortion provider is a smart and right thing to do. for generations now and -- so that all americans, born and unborn, will have the opportunity to enjoy the blessings and rights of life, liberty, and the

mr. hartzler: i wholeheartedly support this amendment which saves taxpayers from a study that is unnecessary and ill-advised. the corps of engineers just depleted a 15-year study at a cost of $35 million. the missouri river master water control manual has been published in businesses, municipalities and utilities have been planning accordingly. there's no need to restudy the issue of the missouri river again and at an additional cost of $25 million. farmers, businesses, and cities in missouri's four congressional districts support this amendment and i urge my colleagues to support this commonsens proposal. i yield back my time. the chair: the gentlewoman yields back her time. mr. luke hire: i reserve my time. the chair: the gentleman from arizona. >> i rise in opposition to the amendment. the gentleman from arizona is recognized for three minutes in opposition. mr. pastor: to my colleague from missouri, i would tell him the objective of this amendment has pretty much been accomplished. and that happened the last funding that occurred for this study was in i think 2009, which was an earmark.