One of the issues I've heard is that one of the major drivers of food insecurity is lack of access.

Previous NDAA bills have authorized service secretaries to grant waivers to families applying for the Basic Needs Allowance who otherwise would not be eligible based on the inclusion of the BAH.

Excluding BAH makes a member appear artificially impoverished and diminishes the value of a member's hard-earned military compensation and the value of the member's military service.

But I think solving the problem means coming up with a dollar amount and not being afraid to say it is a lot of money.

An increasing amount of evidence shows that wood has beneficial effects in almost all parts of the indoor climate.

I think about how parents would feel if they went to dormitory to drop off their kids at the university and if some of those pictures existed, hell would be raised.

If we were to bring our barracks up to what I call safe, habitable, something that doesn't look run-down or uninhabitable like we saw on these slides, what would the price tag be for that?

I represent Joint Base Lewis-McChord, one of the largest military installations on the west coast.

Thank you and your Department for all the work that you have been doing to successfully deploy infrastructure funding.

That is why I have introduced with Rep. Gonzalez-Colon the bipartisan Pay Our Coast Guard Parity Act, to ensure Coasties are treated the same as other members of the DoD.

As you have seen, last week, some extremist Republicans indicated that they would be willing to shut down the Government rather than keep their party's promises on Government funding levels.