Madam Speaker, I know you're familiar with this, having served your country, but this is a pay table from the dodgesthe for FY 23 showing what our enlisted troops make. And you can see When they first join, they're actually making less than $21,000 a year. And it's not until they're actually above an e three with e four rank over four years, five years, that they're actually above what we would consider minimum wage of $15 an hour, or $32,000 a year. (01:27–01:33)
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Asserts that initial pay for new enlisted military personnel is less than $21,000 annually.
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