Richard B. Nugent: “A number of issues that my good friend from Colorado brought up cover both bills, actually. One, obviously, is the…”

it just sends a really disheartening message that 'We really don't care about you.'

People forget that there is actually flesh and blood, parents and children, of those young men and women that are serving this country. They forget there are real people in those uniforms. And so that is why this is so important.

We would never put forth something that puts the burden on the soldier who has volunteered to serve his country.

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will report the amendment. The Clerk read as follows: At the end of the bill (before the short title), insert the following: Sec. __. None of the funds made available by this Act…