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Derrick Van Orden: “He [Joe Biden] was instrumental in moving the pay raise from…”

Featuring: Derrick Van Orden, Republican | U.S. House, Wisconsin, District 3

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Joe Biden BLOCKED Higher Pay For Our Military

Published | Video Starts at 05:14

But I want people to understand this. Joe Biden managed to become a multi. Multimillionaire, as with a bunch of members of his families, on a public school servant's salary. And He [Joe Biden] was instrumental in moving the pay raise from 25% to 17.5% for the young people that are willing to sacrifice their lives for him. I don't want anyone to ever forget that. So in other words, his budget had less of an increase than you guys did. That's absolutely correct. (05:14–07:41)

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Asserts that Joe Biden reduced a proposed pay raise for military personnel from 25% to 17.5%.

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