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During a House Armed Services Committee markup meeting before the Congressional recess, Rep. John Raymond Garamendi (D-CA) spoke about an amendment to the FY26 National Defense Reauthorization Act.

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00:00We will now consider log number 5442 by Mr. Garamendi.
00:07For what purpose does the gentleman from California seek recognition?
00:12Will the clerk please distribute the amendment?
00:14Without objection, the reading of the amendment is dispensed with.
00:18I reserve a point of order against the amendment,
00:20and I recognize the gentleman from California to explain his amendment.
00:24Mr. Chairman, I was going to make this very, very brief,
00:26but you confused me with your scheduling thing here.
00:30I'm not sure if you want me to go on until everybody arrives.
00:38Well, I am overwhelmed by the negative reaction.
00:42Come on, troops. It's not that bad.
00:45Okay. It is 2.46. I will be finished in 43 seconds.
00:50There's what you may consider to be an obscure thing in the Department of Defense
00:55is called the Defense Reciprocal Act.
00:57And basically, it's the Department of Defense cutting the deal with some country
01:01on reciprocal military equipment, back and forth.
01:06Sometimes it's parts and pieces or other things.
01:09Sometimes we're sending off HIMARS or whatever.
01:12There is a mechanism set up under law that would require
01:15that the Department of Defense consult with the Treasury Department,
01:19Commerce Department, with the Trade Rep, and a couple of others.
01:23Routinely, the Defense Department doesn't do that.
01:27The result of that is that the great make it America, buy America,
01:30America first agenda kind of gets pushed to the side.
01:33So this amendment would require that the Defense Department
01:37follow the procedures, involve the other agencies,
01:41get the full reading, and I'm out of time.
01:45With that, I yield back.
01:46Chair, thanks to the gentleman for withdrawing his amendment.
01:55Chair, thanks to the gentleman for withdrawing his amendment.
01:55Let's go back.
01:57M Надеюсь.
01:57Let's go.
01:58Let's go.
01:59M需.
01:59No shame.
02:00M init.
02:00M delay.
02:01Mal titan.
02:01It's a step.
02:03That's right.
02:03While we talked about it.
02:06Maren at the veryOlst..
02:07This is the 10th...
02:08M permission.
02:09Step.
02:13This is the 10th.
02:14Well, you can get it to be...
02:17So this is 11th of capable of the 19th.
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02:21The other thing itis.
02:23Now what we talked about here is,
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