[Congressional Record Volume 165, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 16, 2019)]
[House]
[Page H664]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                  COAST GUARD MISSING FIRST PAYCHECKS

  (Ms. WILD asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. WILD. Madam Speaker, last week, I spoke on this floor about the 
first bill I introduced, a bill to fund our Coast Guard through this 
government shutdown.
  Incredibly, our Coast Guard is still not being paid. Yesterday was 
payday, but they got nothing.
  Just an hour ago, I spoke with Admiral Charles Ray, Vice Commandant 
of the Coast Guard, who emphasized to me just how hard this is for 
young members of the Coast Guard who have not yet accumulated savings. 
As he said to me, these men and women do everything we ask of them. All 
they ask is that we stand by them.
  This is no way to treat those who put their lives on the line in our 
defense. Members of every branch of our military, and the families who 
serve alongside them, need to know that our government's commitment to 
them is unbreakable.
  Our government has betrayed the values of service and camaraderie 
embodied by our military families. We need to remember and honor those 
values. That means funding our Coast Guard and ending this crisis right 
now.

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