Rep. Scott: Bipartisan Budget Agreement will Rebuild Our Military, Support Military Families
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In January, the country watched as a minority of lawmakers in the Senate sent our government into a shutdown, cutting off funding to our military and scores of federal employees supporting the Department of Defense, and jeopardizing a six-year re-authorization of the Children’s Health Insurance Program. Rep. Banks: We must Improve Our Military Readiness
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America’s military must be ready to fight and win on every battlefield, in every domain, on every day. That daunting task is more challenging than ever. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis stated in the Summary of the 2018 National Defense Strategy that “free men and women in America’s military will fight with skill and valor to protect us.” Essential Business: Working Equipment, Adequate Pay, Congress Supporting The Troops Inbox x
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"If you are a soldier on a mountaintop in Afghanistan right now or standing near the Demilitarized Zone in South Korea, you are not concerned about the 'to-ing' and 'fro-ing' of all this politics, you're concerned about whether your equipment works, whether you are going to get paid, whether the government is going to shut down. We need to take care of essential business first." Thornberry: the Military is a Political Football
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This morning, Chairman Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, joined Fox and Friends to discuss the negative impact of budget dysfunction. Wsj Ed Board: the Mattis Budget Rebuke-- the Pentagon Chief Tells Congress to Stop Jerking around the Military.
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Congress spent Tuesday working on a budget deal to avoid another government shutdown, and one adult on Capitol Hill was Defense Secretary Jim Mattis, who ripped America’s representatives for failing to provide reliable funding for the military. Defense Budget: What They'Re Saying
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"Six years after the Budget Control Act, sequestration, and artificial defense spending caps, the world has become more unstable, and military personnel pay, benefits, and quality of life programs have suffered. Military modernization, training, and other essential readiness programs are adversely impacted. Continuing Resolutions devastate readiness, waste resources and endanger… Browse Documents by Date or Issue |
