Political Quotes

“the heart of this bill is the 2.5 million Americans that wear the uniform of the United States, and the subcommittee that oversees personnel issues and sets the pay raises and does personnel policy is headed by the gentleman from New York (Mr. McHugh). This is an enormous job, and he has done a great job. I yield the gentleman 6 minutes. Mr. McHUGH. Mr. Chairman, I thank the distinguished chairman for his kind comments and for the very generous allocation of time. I also want to thank my other colleagues who deferred to me to allow me to kind of go out of order because of another appointment I have. Gracious, as always. Mr. Chairman, the chairman of the full committee is absolutely right. We have the honor on this subcommittee to deal really with what I think all of us believe are the very core issues of fielding any effective military, and that is caring for the men and women who proudly wear this uniform, of course, under our system voluntarily, and, equally important, ensuring that the kinds of programs that are necessary to take care of their loved ones, their families, as they deploy into such dangerous places as Iraq, Afghanistan, and the literally hundreds of other places across this planet in which our military and men and women serve today, protecting our freedoms, find themselves.…”