Mike Garcia: “How do we ensure that what we saw in Texas doesn't happen in other States?”

Mr. Speaker, once again, we are back with a second bill to undermine Washington, D.C., with an undemocratic and misguided policy. Republicans in Congress are once more acting again as a city council for D.C., overriding the choices of…

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.

You all know my number one priority is our troops, especially our junior enlisted, E-1 through E-6. They are the most precious, they are the most potent, and they are the most powerful weapon system that we have.

I would like to expand that and enable that on the authorizing side with HASC to get that to apply to the Reserve side.