Mike Levin: “I hope we can now adopt this amendment. I thank the Senator from Georgia for his persistence on this issue. He has…”

“I hope we can now adopt this amendment. I thank the Senator from Georgia for his persistence on this issue. He has identified a critically important unmet need for this country. We have reservists who have been away from their jobs for a much longer period of time than anyone intended. We have to address that issue. The Army has told us they are going to do their best to address this issue. The Navy has listed the increase in end strength as their No. 1 unfunded priority. So I think the need is there. The focus upon this unmet need by the Senators from Georgia and Arizona will help us to, hopefully, advance this to the point where we can actually find the funds for the increase in end strength. One way or the other, we have to address this issue.”