Sheila Jackson Lee: “Wherever I go throughout my district and speak to an audience, I always acknowledge the veterans and Active- Duty…”

“Wherever I go throughout my district and speak to an audience, I always acknowledge the veterans and Active- Duty military. I think that is one unifying factor for this Congress and for this Nation. Today, the President offered a national security strategy. During his first 12 months, that strategy has been haphazard and lacking understanding. All of us, however, want to have a strong military, strong military families, and strong resources for our Active Duty and our veterans. It is sad, however, that in the next 2 days we will be voting on a tax bill that will take $2.3 trillion out of our budget and create a debt. It will raid Medicare and Medicaid, impacting some of those very soldiers and veterans' families. As well, in this new bill, the top 1 percent will get 83 percent of this tax bill. Isn't it interesting, if you are a family of four making $59,000, there will be $1,800 not given to you but taken away? We can't have it all, Mr. Speaker. We can't have a strong strategy, of which there was none today, by taking $2.3 trillion away from the men and women of this Nation. ____________________”