to protect it and all these kids had a path to citizenship, i would be inclined to do that. you would give trump the political victory to get the dreamer deal done. i don t care about his political victory. i don t that s not how i view politics, whether or not it is a personal victory or not. congressman, he s not a member of congress right now. so you may have some considerations. he does not. but would you take his advice on that? i rejected the notion of a physical barrier, a physical wall itself. but i heard what the vice president said. he said technological advancements have been made. no question, i think the hurd/aguilar bill talks about more resources, a study to be done of about the border, both the northern border and the southern border, as well as the use of technological advancements to create a virtual barrier. that is something we can certainly talk about, we ll continue to talk about. i don t care about the president s political promises either. i think th
our government has no higher responsibility than to support our men and women who are in harm s way. to for months now, we have been working to get our military the resources it needs to keep the peace. this budget agreement delivers on that commitment. it fully funds our national defense at levels that secretary mattis requested. it provided what the pentagon needs to restore our military s edge for years to come. as secretary mattis said yesterday, i quote, congress an action will ensure our military can defend our way of life. now, that mission is hard enough, especially in the time of rapidly evolving threats. but our military s job has become exponentially harder because of the staggering readiness crisis that it is facing. i know i come up here and read off a whole bunch of statistics, this is a statistic that really gets to me. in 2017, we lost 80 service members in accidents, in training incidents, nearly four times more than we lost in
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can offer. that is what is most important. and, again, i think for us, in congress, under the constitution, that is our job to build and support, provide and maintain the military forces of the united states. we need to do that. so if you re looking at we know it would be a pretty big price tag for a parade. you would rather see that money going towards equipment, preparedness, this expanded role in making sure it is funded. i think we got to do first things first and the first thing is to make sure our military is adequately supported. no question about that. now, i think general mattis, secretary mattis said he would send some options to the white house on the other deal. i don t know what those are. but what i do know is we need to pass this bill today to get the military equipment in the shape it should be in. congressman mac thornberry, thank you for your time today. we appreciate it. coming up, where do the democrats stand on this budget deal? do they stand with house
i wouldn t do this cap deal the same way, but we owe it to the men and women risking their lives for us to give them the best equipment, the best training, the best support that this nation can provide. and this agreement begins to do that for the first time in a long time. now i ll turn to a combat veteran herself, the gentle lady from arizona, martha mcsally. i spent 26 years in uniform and now i deploy to washington, d.c. one of the reasons why many of my fellow vets, like mr. gallagher here and i came here was we really felt it was important for those of us who served to be here when decisions like this are being discussed, debated and voted on. we need veterans in congress in order to be a voice at the table and we have been tirelessly advocating and working with our chairman and leadership to be that voice for our troops. when we talk about these 80 people who were killed in these accidents, these are real