Political Quotes

“I thank the chair for yielding and for his outstanding leadership and to Ranking Member Thornberry for an outstanding job over his 25 years. I am proud to speak in support of this bipartisan bill that was passed unanimously out of committee. The subcommittee accepted 111 total amendments: 37 from the Republicans and 74 from the Democrats. I would like to thank Ranking Member Kelly, whom I enjoyed working with, and the other members of the committee and the herculean work from our staff: Craig, Dave, Hannah, Glenn, Danielle, and from my personal staff, Josh, Yanna, Brian, and Luke. This bill continues the committee's tradition of improving the lives of servicemembers and their families by authorizing a 3 percent pay raise, requiring standardization and significant improvements to the Exceptional Family Member Program, expanding 24-hour childcare availability and addressing provider shortages, improving sexual assault and intimate-partner violence prevention and response, and delaying the Department's plan to cut the military health system to ensure they are able to respond to future pandemics.…”