[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 152 (2006), Part 10]
[House]
[Pages 13844-13845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  TAKING CARE OF OUR MILITARY FAMILIES

  (Mr. ISSA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ISSA. Mr. Speaker, the district work period was especially 
meaningful for me going back to my district, Camp Pendleton being the 
center of it, and having a Fourth of July celebration in recognition of 
what our men and women in uniform have done and continue to do for our 
freedom and freedom around the world.

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  Mr. Speaker, I rise today very concerned that in fact the tendency to 
put the mission first is beginning to affect adversely the welfare and 
well-being of the families of our servicemen back home. We have had 
record supplementals and record payments on defense.
  Mr. Speaker, we need to make sure that the funds that we earmark and 
put toward military construction, family housing units and the health 
and welfare of our men and women's wives, husbands and children get to 
them.
  Mr. Speaker, I hope this body will work with the Department of 
Defense to ensure that those funds are maintained at the level that we 
put them in. It is essential that our fighting men and women away in 
combat know their families are taken care of at home.

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