05/09/2022
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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."
"In California last week, and we brought this up in an earlier hearing with SECNAV as well, and we have had discussions with SecDef about it as well."
"If you ask an 18-year-old if he wants to go work at In-N-Out for $22 an hour or join the Army for the equivalent of $12 an hour you are going to get 95 percent of them going to In-N-Out."