r. wittman: this creates a structural deficit in what we have been doing to regain that. if you exempt personnel accounts, this turns out to be a 16% reduction and lit me tell you what it will result it. housing benefits go out the ndow and won't be supporting their families. and what we are doing to help support them is going out the window. suicide prevention and family support out the window. so much for supporting our men and women. service members on base food support. so much for helping them through these challenging times and making sure their needs are met. remember, what we do in investing our military is to build the ability of our military to deter our adversaries. when there is an imbalance, what happens? we find ourselves in conflict. why would we want to send a a message to the world that we are going to weaken and not be able to defend ourselves and deter ours from perpetratingd the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: has all the gentleman's time -- the speaker pro tempore: the gent

r. wittman: this creates a structural deficit in what we have been doing to regain that. if you exempt personnel accounts, this turns out to be a 16% reduction and lit me tell you what it will result it. housing benefits go out the ndow and won't be supporting their families. and what we are doing to help support them is going out the window. suicide prevention and family support out the window. so much for supporting our men and women. service members on base food support. so much for helping them through these challenging times and making sure their needs are met. remember, what we do in investing our military is to build the ability of our military to deter our adversaries. when there is an imbalance, what happens? we find ourselves in conflict. why would we want to send a a message to the world that we are going to weaken and not be able to defend ourselves and deter ours from perpetratingd the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman's time has expired. the gentleman from texas is recognized. mr. thornberry: has all the gentleman's time -- the speaker pro tempore: the gent