If the president would engage with congressional leaders, get them in the office, make the House guys come back, we could solve this in a day. We could solve it in a day. There are additional monies that were put to the Pentagon in the reconciliation bill that were not designated that could be used for military pay. And yes, I do support the president doing this because Speaker Johnson said, I won't bring the House back to pass a military pay bill. (03:08–03:18)
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Asserts that there are undesignated funds in the Pentagon's budget from the reconciliation bill that could be used for military pay.
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