… being a $2 billion cost footprint to give our junior enlisted a pay raise that they deserve and is long overdue. Our current enlisted members start at $22,000 a year. My pay raise for junior enlisted would take that starting salary from $22,000 to $31,200 a year. It gets them above the poverty line, gets them off of food stamps and this president has cited that pay increase is one of the reasons to veto the and … (07:41–07:49)
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Asserts that the proposed pay raise would increase the starting salary for junior enlisted members to $31,200 annually.
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