[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 21]
[House]
[Page 29778]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                    FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR THE TROOPS

  (Mrs. GILLIBRAND asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute.)
  Mrs. GILLIBRAND. Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of Mr. 
Murphy's resolution to strongly urge the President to give our 
soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines the pay raise that they deserve.
  The military families in my district have sacrificed more than any of 
us could ever imagine, for mothers and fathers who have to run 
households while their spouses are deployed over and over again, to 
parents and grandparents that watch the news every night with dismay, 
to returning soldiers that have to piece together their lives upon the 
return from a war zone.
  These families deserve more than just the cost-of-living adjustment 
proposed by the President. They deserve a raise. While the 3.5 percent 
increase that we are able to add to the defense authorization bill is a 
good start, there is much more that we can and should do. Yet the 
President may still veto this raise.
  I urge my colleagues to vote for this resolution, to tell the 
President to lift his objection to this well-deserved raise for the 
brave men and women who serve in our military.

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