Jack Reed: “I think at a minimum it puzzles them why we would shift from their concerns, which are so central to our national…”

“I think at a minimum it puzzles them why we would shift from their concerns, which are so central to our national security and so central to the families of America, to move to a bill that is so narrowly focused on a special interest group and does not help them one bit in terms of anything we might do on this bill. Perhaps it is summed up. I have located the cartoon. It is as I described before--a group of soldiers in a humvee, and the caption is: I move we adjourn for 5 weeks and take up this contentious issue after the summer recess. Frankly, no one in our military has the option of adjourning for 5 weeks to take up contentious issues after that time.”