Susan Davis

These are going to be very, very difficult decisions.

Support for wounded warriors and their families, transition into civilian lives for those that are leaving the service, care and support for families that are staying, these demands are not going to go away.

We need to understand what impacts there will be to personnel and family programs as a result of a proposed budget request.

Davis, Hon. Susan A., a Representative from California, Ranking Member, Subcommittee on Military Personnel.

On rollcall No. 84, had I been present, I would have voted ``aye.'' Amendment No. 4 Offered by Mr. McNerney The Acting CHAIR. The unfinished business is the demand for a recorded vote on the amendment offered by the gentleman from…

I represent San Diego, California, which has the dishonor of being home to the highest gas prices in the Nation. The most expensive gas in San Diego was going for $4.75 a gallon, and that hurts my constituents. My friends on the other side…

I think when you talk about pushing things back to OSD, what worries me a little bit is that some of the larger companies... ace out, quite honestly, some of the smaller companies that have the greatest opportunity for innovation.

Is that $200 million going to enable you to do what you would like to do, in terms of really getting it----

The FY12 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Services to treat graduates from non-traditional secondary schools...

I think we all just are pretty possessive of the personnel accounts and want to be sure that those are reasonable and that it makes sense.

What is it that has to pick up that difference in trying to maintain what we have, which we would all agree is very beneficial and we feel that it is, you know, critically important to our families?

I am concerned, however, that the recent budget would move the additional end strength for the Army and Marine Corps into the Overseas Contingency Operations [OCO] account.

We need to ensure we are making well-informed decisions and have an understanding of what these proposed cuts will have on the recruitment and retention of our Armed Forces as well as the impact to their families.

While I think it is probably safe to say that the budget reductions have not severely impacted the military personnel accounts, they were not immune and they affect each and every person who is serving today.

Small businesses, from used furniture stores to restaurants to barbershops, drive our economy, but they've had to take a haircut recently since they've been more subject to the ups and downs of the economy than, perhaps, anyone else. Just…

Congress entrusted the enforcement of this act to an administrative agency rather than to the courts solely so that it could be free of precedent.

This president has made 32 recess appointments, compared to more than a hundred recently done by past presidents.

I would actually also have advised the president to remain strictly within the constitutional authority.

Of course the Constitution holds supreme.

You do not ultimately have the power to decide a recess.

I think, in the broadest sense, what is worse is that this country going to be hurt, the economy is going to be hurt, and workers are going to be hurt.

That is absolutely correct. And with respect to your question, just to clarify, while certain things can be investigated at the region, ultimately, if you have an employer who does not want to bargain with the union, who does not want to…

I understand your frustration with the system. But I have to tell you, those of who don't live in this town are even more frustrated to see that the kind of games that are going on is able to essentially paralyze an agency.

Ultimately, and happily, the courts are going to decide.

What is going to happen to workers in this country who are fired, who are threatened, who are surveilled.