Michael Garcia actually said...

"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."

"The other request I have is that you continue to remind the young marines and sailors that the military spouse licensing relief law is now law of the land."

"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."

"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."