Tom Cole said...

Frankly, like my friend Chairman Calvert, I would like to see an increase in defense spending to more completely address...

If you earn a benefit, you ought to be able to use it, even if it is for a public voucher.

So, that is why the system is broken, in my view, Madam Chair. It is really a court decision that has caused the problem...

I have been a champion on this issue for the past 15 years, since the Supreme Court's 2009 Carcieri v. Salazar decision.