Richard B. Nugent: “We would never put forth something that puts the burden on the soldier who has volunteered to serve his country.”

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.

At some point in time I think we have to start making decisions about where we fight because what we don't want to do is break the Marine Corps or the Army for that matter.

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…

Eliminating the ability to rapidly mobilize, train, and deploy... increases risk at an unacceptable rate.