Political Quotes

“I am in opposition to this amendment because it actually creates a structural imbalance, or a structural deficit, in what we have been doing the last 5 years to rebuild our military, to regain that lost readiness. If you exempt personnel accounts and health plans, this actually turns out to be a 16 percent reduction. Let me tell you the things that this 16 percent reduction will result in. You will have family housing benefits for military members that go out the window. We won't be supporting their families. It will make existing base housing agreements insolvent, so what we do to help house our men and women in the military and their families goes out the window. Basic family safety nets for children, suicide prevention, and family support, out the window. So much for supporting our brave men and women who serve this Nation. Servicemembers on-base food support, so much for helping them through these challenging times and making sure that their basic needs are met. It creates a hollow force. Remember, what we do in investing in our military is to build the ability for our Nation to deter our adversaries. We have seen, historically, when there is an imbalance in powers between near-peer adversaries, what happens? We find ourselves in conflict.…”