ms. mccollum: mr. chair, i support this amendment. it contains a series of bipartisan amendments in support of member priorities on both sides. we have no objections and we encourage the adoption of this amendment. and i wish this the spirit in which this bill had originally been written. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the gentleman from california is recognized. ms. mccollum: i'm ready to yield back. mr. calvert: i reserve for the moment. seeing no speakers, i yield back the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman yields back. the gentlewoman from minnesota. ms. mccollum: i'm happy to yield back as well. the chair: the gentlewoman from minnesota yields back. the question is on the amendments en bloc offered by the gentleman from california. so many as are in favor say aye. those opposed, no. in the opinion of the chair, the ayes have it. the en bloc amendments are agreed to. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california seek recognition? mr. calvert: pursuant to house resolu

ms. mccollum: mr. speaker, as i said many times this week, this congress consistently provided this funding for the last nine fiscal years. i hope we'll work hard to make sure this funding returns in conference back to the base bill in the defense appropriations subcommittee. providing training and equipment to ukraine helped them withstand russia's full scale invasion and its continuing support to the base bill on a bipartisan basis is part of that effort. i had the privilege of meeting women from ukraine for the ukrainian ambulance corps and they drive around in subcompacts and without bulletproof vests and whatever first aid equipment they can find to save lives. i've had the honor and privilege of meeting people going through our training courses that we do with nato and germany as the chair was referring to. i had the privilege before the invasion happened in february 2022 of meeting the mayor of kyiv where he was asking to make sure the united states had the right caliber bullets for the hunting

ms. mccollum: thank you. newsguard is a service that provides tools to counter misinformation and has been around since 2018. used as tools to catalog and track all of the top false narratives spreading online. which is an effective and -- in encountering hostile misinformation targeting democratic governments like our own. there's no doubt that china, russia and iran and other bad actors are trying to influence our country through its mis, dis and malinformation. we need every tool available to determine what's real and what's not and what comes to -- when it comes to being reported by the press. the amendment does nothing to weaken our ability to do that. so i oppose this amendment and at this point in time i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentlewoman reserves. the chair recognizes the gentleman from tennessee. mr. ogles: thank you, mr. chairman. mr. chairman, it should be noted that newsmax tv is more than just online. cbs isn't just online. "the new york times" isn't just online. these are

ms. mccollum: mr. speaker, as i said many times this week, this congress consistently provided this funding for the last nine fiscal years. i hope we'll work hard to make sure this funding returns in conference back to the base bill in the defense appropriations subcommittee. providing training and equipment to ukraine helped them withstand russia's full scale invasion and its continuing support to the base bill on a bipartisan basis is part of that effort. i had the privilege of meeting women from ukraine for the ukrainian ambulance corps and they drive around in subcompacts and without bulletproof vests and whatever first aid equipment they can find to save lives. i've had the honor and privilege of meeting people going through our training courses that we do with nato and germany as the chair was referring to. i had the privilege before the invasion happened in february 2022 of meeting the mayor of kyiv where he was asking to make sure the united states had the right caliber bullets for the hunting

ms. mccollum: i thank the gentlelady for time. at some point we'll be able to debate the defense appropriation bill. we have extreme writers that make cooperation just impossible. the restricting writer we're focusing on today, and is in both bills, stops service members and civilians and independents from accessing productive health care. and as the gentlelady pointed out when certain care is not available where the person is stationed, they have the flexibility to going to seek out the health care. the d.o.d. health care is totally legal. some misnomer is undermining the hyde amendment. it doesn't do that either. the hyde amendment allows for abortion in certain circumstances. this would be a ban if a woman was stationed at a military post where we don't even offer obstetrics and gynecology and she'd have to seek care in another state. many of these states have limited and put so many restrictions and doctors are fearful of performing even procedures after miscarriage or procedures that was pointed out with the woman from texas.