Derrick Van Orden: “It's only exacerbated by bidenomics which has created an…”

“This has caused the enlisted pay gap to become a chasm and is the antithesis of military leadership. Our junior enlisted have been taken for granted for too long and It's only exacerbated by bidenomics which has created an inflationary environment that is crushing the entire nation. The first truth of the Special Operations Forces is that humans are more important than hardware. And this bill embodies this truth by including a historic 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted, marking the most significant raise in history.” (02:15–02:23)

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