veterans who bear the scars and sacrifices of battle and with no thought of putting the cost of those two wars on american credit card and burdening children and grandchildren of the cost. as a member of the foreign relations committee and appropriations committee i'm trying to raise my hand and saying we're not doing our job in congress. president obama sent us an aumf, washington speak for a request for a declaration of war against isis all the way back in february. and we have not taken it up, debated it and passed it. we owe that to our veterans and to those serving in the conflict against isis but we also need to stand up and say how are we going to pay for it. all the previous wars as you referenced before iraq and afghanistan had a dedicated war surtax. that's one way we could fairly pay for it with a small surtax that exempted active duty military families and veterans. but there's other ways we could pay for it. we just can't keep going without even discussing it.