On the recordOctober 2, 2013
I have the distinct honor and privilege to represent Fort Bragg in my district; and I found out yesterday evening that, despite passing funding to keep our military paid and to keep our military civilians paid, there have been over 7,000 Fort Bragg civilian employees furloughed. Now, I find this very interesting there again because the President signed this very bill into law Monday, and here we have a situation where I have needless--needless--suffering happening in my district. I have a letter from Chairman Buck McKeon, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, to the Department of Defense on clarification of this, that I would like to read: The text does not limit the provision of pay to civilians who were previously categorized by the administration as ``excepted'' or ``essential'' for the purposes of Department of Defense operations in the event of a government shutdown. We passed H.R. 3210, the Pay Our Military Act, sponsored by my colleague from Colorado (Mr. Coffman). ____________________
