On the recordJuly 26, 2023
I thank the gentleman from Colorado for his leadership, and the manager of our friends on the other side of the aisle. The United States military, each and every soldier, each and every member of every single branch, take an oath when they leave their loved ones and accept the responsibility of dying for this country. If you have been able to fight on a battlefield and become a veteran, you still have taken that oath and you were willing to die for this country. With the enormous cuts that are facing our soldiers, our families in this military construction legislation, let me make it plain for my colleagues. They will deny those who take an oath, Active Duty, their families, job opportunities. They will deny them housing. Has anyone been to bases and seen some of the military housing that needs absolute either rebuild or rehab? Have you understood the importance of food assistance, particularly to veterans' families depending on that? Do they know how important it is for the soldiers to feed their families, to keep roofs over their heads? Do they know how important it is to provide education and training opportunities for those who leave the United States military? Let me remind you of the importance of their oath, and then let me remind you of the hard-earned work that this Congress did with President Biden to provide the PACT Act. The proposed cuts would have drastic consequences for the PACT Act.…
