We are going to call the legislative branch of the Committee Fiscal Year 2021, subcommittee mark up to order. Welcome to our subcommittees markup. I very much appreciate the hard work and attitude of all the subCommittee Members and particularly the contributions and cooperation of our Ranking Member, mr. Butler. Thank you for being so great to work with. There are lots of needs and good causes within the jurisdiction of the subcommittee. We have tried to take care of the highest priorities throughout the bill with the amounts available to us. Fundamentally, and the bill provides increases to support staffing and other resources needed by congress to do its job well, to maintain and build analytic capacity in the legislative branch. For example, the bill provides a 25 Million Dollar increase for the members representational allowance, which covers staff, District Office space and other necessities. I also believe this funding is sufficient to address our new normal as members move to h
The time of deploying large Ground Forces with big military footprints to engage in nationbuilding overseas, thats coming to an end. And going forward, our military will be leaner. But as your commanderinchief, im going to make sure we keep you ready for the range of missions that we ask of you. We are going to keep you the besttrained, the bestled, the bestequipped military in the history of the world because the world will still be calling. And thats why it was so important that folks in congress, democrats and republicans, came together and passed legislation that im going to sign to keep our government open and funded for the coming year. And that includes military operations, the support and commissaries that your families depend on, a pay raise for you, health care for our Wounded Warriors and our veterans. [applause] youve always been there for us. Weve got to be there for you. And let me make one other point. At this time of transition, i know some of you will be returning to c