Joe Manchin actually said...

I basically look at contractors--those jobs that the military men and women can do, and have done, in some period of our past that have been...

If you want to keep them at the same readiness level as an Active component, you have to spend more and more money.

I think it was very draconian how it's been implemented across-the-board.

To me it just makes sense, sir, as a former governor--and we have a few former governors on this committee.