Peter Visclosky: “I appreciate the initiative, because I am very concerned about the issue of retaliation.”

I appreciate the gentleman yielding, and I do appreciate the gentlewoman's concerns. Mr. Speaker, I would begin my remarks by saying the United States military is a very special place. Only about 30 percent of young Americans between 17…

We can't afford to lose the strong cooperation we had with our neighbors in the south, and we must do all we can to continue this partnership.

It is just an awful, terrible bureaucracy they have to go through.

It seems like there are sequentially bad decisions being made on properties that could be used effectively to control costs for military families.