You are the guy who defends the defense budget of the United States in the House. What is your metric for being on time? Well, we'll be doing our subcommittee, Mark. We pretty much have the bill written. I went through the bill, had to do the necessary modifications in order to meet the president's budget number. So we're prepared to get the subcommittee here in the next week or so. That schedule is determined by the leadership. (06:23–06:33)
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Asserts that the defense appropriations bill is nearly complete and has been modified to meet the president's budget number.
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