One of the spending bills that we're voting on this week is the defense spending bill from appropriations. This is the bill that actually funds our military, takes care of our troops. Again, It has the 20% pay raise for our junior enlisted that I've been pushing for. Hopefully this passes and we can get this through the Senate and have the president sign into law. (01:48–01:54)
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