Walter B. Jones: “I decided to come to the floor tonight to talk about the military readiness of our men and women in uniform. I just…”

“I decided to come to the floor tonight to talk about the military readiness of our men and women in uniform. I just wanted to come on the floor to remind my colleagues, as well as this administration, that our men and women in uniform who are willing to give their lives for this country have a lot of need that we need to start addressing. I am very hopeful that the administration will soon be working with the Congress to submit an emergency supplemental. There is a dire need by our military. I certainly want to commend the Secretary of Defense. I think he was right in requesting this top-to-bottom review. But in addition to what he is doing, we also need to make sure that our men and women in uniform are ready to defend the national security interest of this country. What is beginning to happen is that the accounts are becoming very low of money, and they are beginning to have some serious problems.”