02/24/2021
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"An E-1 right now even with the 5 percent raise last year and the 4.5 percent increase in this President's budget request is still $22,000, $23,000 a year."
"I personally have no doubt that we would win a war against China. I think it would be protracted, very bloody, extended, probably not popular after time."
"Last year, we missed our recruitment numbers, retention numbers by a net 41,000 personnel, recruits across all the services."
"We passed, out of HAC-D, a bill that took the starting salary for an E-1 from $22,000 to $31,000, which is the equivalent of $15 per hour."