Rep. Patrick Murphy on Troop Pay Raise Bill

Rep. Patrick Murphy speaks on the House floor to urge passage of his resolution to raise the pay of the U.S. Armed Forces by 3.5%. Rep. Murphy is a former U.S. Army Captain and Iraq war veteran and his resolution -- H.Con. Res. 162 -- has 59 bipartisan co-sponsors. In his floor speech, Murphy calls on President Bush to drop his opposition to this pay increase while citing the pay gap between civilian life and military life, and the fact that our military is overstretched. Despite both House and Senate authorization for this 3.5% pay increase, President Bush has called it "unnecessary." Murphy's resolution will express the sense of the House that that Congress and the president should raise basic pay for all components of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps and Coast Guard by 3.5%

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[murphman58]

Congressman Patrick Murphy is an outstanding legislator and hopefully he continues on to bigger things. His is a Congressman who put himself through college then lawschool and served honorably in Iraq. What a great man. President?... 2016?

[Meatpieandtatters]

How about cutting all of Congress' salaries and redistribute to people who actually work?

[CajunDeLyte]

First!!!!!