Carol Shea-Porter: “I was a military spouse, and I am the proud wife of a veteran now. Of course, I support the veterans. I am also on the…”

“I was a military spouse, and I am the proud wife of a veteran now. Of course, I support the veterans. I am also on the Armed Services Committee, and it is in that capacity that I have had the sad task of listening to what the administration has done to our servicemen and women and to our veterans. We just need to say a name of a couple of hospitals to understand that the President has not honored the commitments to our troops. This democratically led Congress is honoring commitments. We have passed the greatest budget in history for our veterans. But we have another problem with the President right now. The President wants to give our brave troops only a 3 percent pay increase, and the Democrats are leading the fight for 3.5 percent pay increase. Why is the President refusing to give our soldiers, who are fighting for us, an increase in pay? Only the President and this administration can answer that question. I want America to know that I am the proud wife of a veteran. I am here, along with my colleagues, to fight for veterans, and that's what we are doing every day.”