this. congressman, i come to you because you wrote the military construction bill that is the focus here. and the president in talking about it today from the rose garden says when the projects that have been discussed when it comes to military construction, this big pot of money that they are moving and redirecting, he says those projects don't seem too important to me. >> can yo read you a quote? he talked to the generals. the project didn't sound too important to me. this was the president's budget request brought to him by his generals and the secretary of defense. these are very important projects. he said this doesn't sound like -- this is a very small amount, $3.5 billion. the military construction budget, that would be about 35%. he is going to take that. he says we have rebuilt the