jay allen thank you, mr. chairman -- ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. chairman. i stands in strong support manufacture amendment by -- i stand in strong support of this amendment by mr. pocan and ms. lee. this is critical for to us cut 10% of our pentagon budget. enough is enough. this year's defense budget is 90 times bigger than the budget for the centers for disease control. and yet we are nearing four million covid cases and over 141,000 deaths and this president wants to add money for defense spending while cutting money for testing. that is just wrong. that $74 billion could mean child care for every family. it could mean housing vouchers for every eligible family and $23,000 raise for every public school teacher. so many things we could do with this money. what we cannot do is give it away to corrupt defense contractors. pass this amendment and reset our priorities. it's time. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, mr. w

jay allen thank you, mr. chairman -- ms. jayapal: thank you, mr. chairman. i stands in strong support manufacture amendment by -- i stand in strong support of this amendment by mr. pocan and ms. lee. this is critical for to us cut 10% of our pentagon budget. enough is enough. this year's defense budget is 90 times bigger than the budget for the centers for disease control. and yet we are nearing four million covid cases and over 141,000 deaths and this president wants to add money for defense spending while cutting money for testing. that is just wrong. that $74 billion could mean child care for every family. it could mean housing vouchers for every eligible family and $23,000 raise for every public school teacher. so many things we could do with this money. what we cannot do is give it away to corrupt defense contractors. pass this amendment and reset our priorities. it's time. i yield. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlewoman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: i yield one minute to the gentleman from virginia, mr. w