[Congressional Record Volume 160, Number 5 (Thursday, January 9, 2014)]
[House]
[Page H85]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




          REPEAL OF CUT TO COLA FOR MILITARY RETIREES UNDER 62

  (Ms. BROWNLEY of California asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. BROWNLEY of California. Mr. Speaker, on December 23, I introduced 
H.R. 3804, legislation to repeal an ill-conceived provision of the 
budget bill that reduced the cost-of-living adjustment for military 
retirees.
  As a member of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, I believe our 
servicemembers, veterans, and their families must receive the benefits 
they have so honorably earned and deserve. These benefits are owed to 
them without equivocation.
  We should not balance the budget on the backs of military retirees 
who served our country so bravely for decades. They should not be 
punished because of Congress' failure to get our fiscal house in order. 
That is why I urge Speaker Boehner to allow a vote today on my bill, 
H.R. 3804, and repeal this egregious provision.
  Clearly, there is substantial bipartisan support to correct this. 
Let's vote on H.R. 3804 for our military retirees today.

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