Betty McCollum actually said...

"The operating tempo has been drastically increased so the number of training days for National Guard soldiers went from 60 to 90."

"Sometimes it is a very heavy family discussion about whether or not people are going to stay in the Reserves."

"when someone's hourly wage increase for a job that they are doing is cut from $21 to 11--to $14 an hour, it sends a message to the people who had been previously doing this job: You can work for less ..."

"the operating tempo has been drastically increased so the number of training days for National Guard soldiers went from 60 to 90."