Pat Ryan: “As a former constituent of Mr. Williams, I would say there was buy-in, and I would say he did a great job with the…”

Mr. Speaker, we face a fundamental question here: Who makes the decision to send our most precious resource, our young men and women in uniform, into harm's way? Is it a five-time draft dodger who has called them suckers and losers, or is…

I hear it from people everyday: costs, especially housing costs, are still way too high.

It's a disgrace. We have soldiers – I had this in my unit when we were deployed overseas in combat. Their families were home on food stamps, using SNAP benefits.

It's essential to have people that have been on the receiving end of foreign policy at the table.