Government subsidies, again, always controversial, but in both of your written testimonies, you potentially suggested farmers are going to need some kind of economic assistance.

It is time to fish or cut bait. America deserves this farm bill, this national security bill.

Our farmers want action this year, not next. Our business community wants action now, this year.

Let's stop playing politics, and just face reality, and let us move ahead as we should.

I urge at least $40 million for the National Park Service Tribal Historic Preservation Program.

I urge at least $1 million for funding implementation of the Safeguard Tribal Objects of Patrimony, which is also known as the STOP Act.

Kill the Indian, Save the Man

I urge at least $1.5 million for Native-American Grants Protection and Repatriation Act, NAGPRA enforcement.

So maybe it ought to be a real time opportunity for service members to apply when that happens as opposed to having to wait till the next year? That seems like an easy fix for that issue.

Your testimony today is invaluable for informed decision making and safeguarding the welfare of our soldiers, their families, and our Nation's security.

But I am more concerned with the general income levels that prevent service members, particularly low-ranking members, from being able to do that.