$61 billion rounding up, $60.8 billion, would be sufficient. If you assume 500,000 homeless people in our country right now, which is a rough estimate plus or minus, that $61 billion is enough to give every homeless person in our Nation $122,000 every year, each and every year.
Garcia critiques HUD's budget, suggesting it could better serve the homeless population.
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I think we're at a really meaningful part of our Nation's history. I actually view this technology quantum coupled with AI and machine learning as the fourth offset, the fourth military offset.
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 would encourage you to look at my RAISE Act, which takes the starting salary of an E1 from $22,000 and brings it up to $31,000.
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