I'm also glad that legislation I've advocated over the course of many years finally became law to expand Pell Grant eligibility to high quality, shorter term job training programs. We just passed the annual Defense Bill, which includes a pay raise for service members, funding for military construction in Virginia, and investments in our shipbuilding programs. And it also includes my bipartisan legislation to repeal the 1991 and 2002 Authorizations for Use of military force, thus formally ending the Iraq wars. (01:26–01:38)
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