"I have introduced in the House with Representatives McBath and Blunt Rochester... a $.50 minimum retirement contribution."
"The President's apparent unwillingness to reach a deal to increase budget caps sets the stage for more continuing resolutions or, worse, another shutdown."
"The President, for example, determined to use significant priorities--or funding to build a wall in Mexico, while leaving these military families unprotected right here at home."
"The commander of NORTHCOM command said publicly that there is no military threat on the southern border, so spending money for a wall, potentially at the expense of health of our service members, just..."
"Before spending more money and, potentially, lives on this endeavor, it is important to identify what we, as a country, and us, as a military, are trying to achieve."
"I think a lot of people will look at what we spend on defense, and then, what has been well recognized what the next seven or eight countries spend on defense."
"I would respectfully disagree. There have been over 50 consecutive National Defense Authorization Acts signed into law."
"Given the severity of the funding cuts and the extreme nature of the policy changes, this seems much more like an irresponsible way of offsetting our Republican colleagues' deficit-financed tax cuts f..."
"When you compare these small funding increases to the large cuts they are paired with, it is not hard to see them for what they are: token investments designed to get a good headline."
"But when you eliminate the ACA's Medicaid expansion, you have limited the amount of local control that those states have."
"We are fighting this in Kentucky because our governor is trying to impose work requirements and, actually, also premiums under a Section 115 waiver."
"It is so important for us to have encouragement to work so that people see us not just as a disabled person, a person with a mental disorder or an addict, but as somebody who can contribute to them, w..."