Marilyn Strickland: “I hereby remove my name as cosponsor of H.R. 6181. The SPEAKER pro tempore (Ms. Manning). The gentlewoman's request is…”

You may know our time through records and history books, but I hope you remember that we were ordinary people as well. Our system is imperfect, but it rests on a simple and powerful idea: that people can govern themselves, debate their…

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.

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?

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.