it's offensive. We should fix this, and we are sending the wrong message.
What are our priorities?
What worries me about this is that it was a huge disconnect from Washington in terms of those who have sacrificed the most.
What worries me is that we grandfathered the Federal employees, meaning only new hires would get impacted by it.
FRA also supports the 'Down Payment to Protect National Security Act'.
That is a huge impact.
I think a disconnect with what happened in this budget agreement.
Now, the right thing to do is to fix it now, not to leave this hanging over our men and women's heads in terms of the unfair cuts here.
As far as I know, the chairman of the Armed Services Committee was not consulted on this cost-of-living increase cut.
I just hope that we can fix this wrong and right it now and not wait, Secretary Fox. I don't think we should wait.
It's a penalty.
A military retirement is very different in terms of the sacrifices that are made than your average civilian retirement; do you agree?
Wonderful that we can reach a 2-year budget agreement. But you know what was astounding to me is once this became public that people from bo...
I believe the Air Force should not take any steps to prepare to retire the A-10 or reduce the modernization or readiness of the A-10 fleet.
I certainly hope that all three of you will be confirmed very expeditiously--that you will look at whatever action we can take to support th...
Is this something that we expect to be discussed as part of that dialogue?
Mr. Carson, recently the Army announced changes to the organization of its Warrior Care and Transition Program. Can you describe those chang...
The Army recognizes and appreciates the many hard sacrifices its soldiers and their families make daily.