On the recordMay 25, 2021
One of the concerns we had is we didn't have Committee hearings as we were determining $70 billion in new spending.
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congress.govOne of the concerns we had is we didn't have Committee hearings as we were determining $70 billion in new spending.
Bacon expressed concern over lack of hearings for significant spending decisions.
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I think it would have been better to acknowledge, hey, long deployments are hard.
I think it's better just to acknowledge, hey, this is a problem, and we got – we got to work towards getting wages climbing faster than inflation.
He doesn't communicate it well. As you mentioned, he makes light of the affordability question. And we do have an affordability problem.