Pat Fallon: National Defense Authorization Act: 'Ensures Our Service Members Members Are Lethal'

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During a House Armed Services Committee markup meeting before the Congressional recess, Rep. Pat Fallon (R-TX) spoke about the FY26 National Defense Authorization Act.

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00:00I recognize as the chair of the subcommittee the gentleman from Texas Mr.

00:03Fallon comments he'd like to make. Mr. Chairman thank you and I want to thank

00:07you and the ranking members leadership last year for the quality of life issues

00:10I do think that has accounted for the uptick in recruiting that we've seen so

00:14thank you very much for your leadership on that sir. This year's military

00:17personnel print builds on an outstanding year for our military and ensures our

00:22service members are lethal and ready force capable of confronting threats

00:28from into a pay calm to the Middle East as our men and women in uniform are of

00:34course our priority and it has to be our number one priority this print supports a

00:383.8 percent pay increase for service members it also extends special pay

00:44authorities in particular for the growing space force to attract and retain the

00:48best talent and some of the most critical career fields in the last year

00:53recruitment and retention fortunately as I mentioned it soared and as a result we

00:58are able to give services the end strength increases they desperately need but

01:03not to rest on a great year for recruiting we are expanding access for

01:06military recruiters at secondary schools and we really have to do that and other

01:10institutes of higher learning additionally we are enhancing the

01:13subcommittee's oversight of the military health system and remain committed to

01:17addressing the persistent shortage of child care for our service members

01:21through expansions of child care pilot programs finally this print continues to

01:26deliver on our long-term goals of increasing service members quality of

01:30life and for that I'd like to acknowledge not only by ranking member

01:34Houlihan but our committee our subcommittee members and the committee staff who've

01:39worked relentlessly and in a bipartisan manner to develop the military

01:42personnel print I'd like to personally thank the staff of the military

01:46personnel subcommittee Dave Diachetti Hannah Kaufman Alexandria Evers

01:51Ellie Bender Elka Regino and Michaela Reardon Anna Brooks-Reed and our staff in our

01:58office Luis Quinieras and Grace Looney and my man Karthik the KV thank you mr.

02:09chairman and I yield back gentleman yields

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