02/03/2009
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"Your testimony today is invaluable for informed decision making and safeguarding the welfare of our soldiers, their families, and our Nation's security."
"The Marine Corps has a deferred maintenance backlog that exceeds $15.8 billion, and it requires a $1.5 billion annual expenditure for barracks and maintenance."
"But I am more concerned with the general income levels that prevent service members, particularly low-ranking members, from being able to do that."
"According to the February 2024 farm income forecast, government payments such as the conservation payments near a margin curve, which are the farm bill commodity payments and the supplemental disaster..."