wouldn't that create a reinforcing disincentive discouraging service beyond 20 years?

would that significant cost share growth impact those currently retired, as well as those currently serving when they retire?

I want to thank all of you for the hard work and thoughtfulness you put into this commission.

I wish to recognize the extraordinary life of my friend Chip Kennett, who passed away on January 17 after a courageous 2-year battle against cancer. Bayard Winslow ``Chip'' Kennett II was born and raised in Conway, and he was a proud New…

I think it is very clear the impact that it is going to have, and our ability to defend the Nation is one that calls all of us to act to address this for each of you.

Let us just be honest. When you say 'a small reallocation,' that is transferring the money, and yet it is a system that already, as we look overall, is going insolvent.

I think that would be helpful. And I know my time is up.

what we need is greater prosecutions and an ability of the FBI and other law enforcement agencies to prosecute these individuals.

There is a clear consensus among those who have served and have formerly served in the military, the devastating impact on our ability to defend the Nation and our men and women in uniform.

You and I just have a disagreement on whether this is a productive way to look at things, and I know that the American people will decide themselves on what they think about that.

Without making some bipartisan reforms to these programs, can we do it without looking at those issues?

As we look at putting our country on a fiscally sustainable path, I look at your projected outlook where deficits go down, but then they go back up to over trillion-dollar deficits in 2025.