Bipartisan inhofemikulski amendment to the National Defense authorization act. What does our amendment do . It stops the privatization of commissaries which are an earned, earned benefit for our military and their families. Every year when the Senate Debates this bill, we talk about how we love our troops and how we always want to support our military families, but if we really love our troops, we need to make sure that our troops have the support that they need. One of the earned benefits that does that is the commissaries, and if we love our troops, why would we want to proceed in the direction that we are . Our troops dont view commissaries as a subsidy. They view it as do i as an earned benefit. Im fighting here to preserve this piece of the earned benefit compensation package. Now, what are the commissaries . Since 1826, military families have been able to shop at a network of stores that provide modestly priced groceries. The commissary system is simple. If youre active duty in y