On the recordNovember 9, 2015
the MILCON-VA Subcommittee bill that we will be taking up over the next day or so is critically important not only for our military from a readiness standpoint but also for our veterans. We are approaching Veterans Day this Wednesday. I hope we are able to put politics aside on this bill and do what is right not only for the military but for the men and women who have served this country in the military. If there are amendments that folks have, I would ask that they bring them to the managers as quickly as possible so we can go to work on them and clear them, if possible, and if not, push them off for another day. This is really an important piece of legislation. We continually talk about conflicts around the world and we continually send our men and women there, with no argument from them. They do a job we are all very proud of: protecting the freedoms of this country. The second half of that story is making sure we do right by them when they come back home. That is what this bill is about--doing right for our veterans when they come back into civilian society again. With that, I encourage the Members of this body to break from what we traditionally do; that is, play politics with a lot of things, and do what is right for our men and women who serve, our veterans, and for our military from a readiness standpoint in the bill within the MILCON component. With that, I yield the floor. I suggest the absence of a quorum. The PRESIDING OFFICER.…
