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House Includes Congressman Sessions’ TBI Initiative in NDAA
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Drunk Texas Soldier Attacks Bartender in Italy with Butter Knife - Bizarre International Incident
He got to go on a sweet active duty mission to Italy because he was one of the top 3 soldiers at the 2013 Texas Non-Commissioned Officer of the Year competition. Now he is just lucky that he did not get charges filed against him in Italy after he, according to eyewitnesses, went on a drunken butter knife attack and created an international incident. The soldier's name will not be revealed because he has not been charged with anything (yet), but what witnesses say he did is just bizarre. Read more » Posted under:
‘Wrong-Way’ Obama
For a former senior lecturer in constitutional law, President Obama sure has an interesting viewpoint on the U.S. Constitution. It’s a position that likely would mystify the Founding Fathers and most other presidents in our nation’s history. Team Obama has gone after Americans through the Internal Revenue Service targeting of conservative political groups, the Justice Department’s seizure of two months of Associated Press phone records and now a possible criminal prosecution Posted under:
Rep. Culberson’s Statement on the FY 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Bill
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My Army Unit Has No Bullets for Soldiers to Train, While DHS Stockpiles Ammo
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Remembering Fallen Marines
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Congressman Poe: Sequester Pakistan, Not Our Troops
The President is punishing the troops for the sake of politics. Posted under:
Rest In Peace, Borah Van Dormolen
After serving her country in the US Army and achieving the rank of Lt. Colonel, Borah continued to commit Posted under:
Rep. Farenthold Introduces PACE Act To Protect America’s Federal Workforce
The PACE Act requires the Office of Management and Budget to submit a report to Congress indicating how to most efficiently transfer funds within agencies and departments for fiscal year 2013 to avoid all furloughs or reductions in America’s federal workforce. Read more » Posted under:
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This week, the House approved the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2014 in an overwhelmingly bipartisan manner. I was proud to support this responsible bill that gives our troops the resources they need and deserve. In addition to funding our armed services, the NDAA ensures adequate levels of military preparedness, takes meaningful steps to address sexual assault in our military, and provides our servicemen and women with a pay increase. 
As Chairman of the House Rules Committee, I secured approval of my amendment with Congressman Mike Thompson (D-CA-01) to expedite innovative treatments to active duty soldiers suffering from Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). Introduced as the TBI Treatment Act (H.R. 2344), my TBI treatment expansion proposal was adopted as an amendment to the House version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2014. 
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The following was written by J.D. Gordon:
The House Appropriations Committee will be considering the fiscal year 2014 Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations bill. The bill provides funding to ensure that our military and our veterans have the resources that they need. The full committee 
My Army National Guard Unit went to Camp Swift in Texas last month to do our annual weapons qualification. As soldiers, we are supposed to be good at shooting, right? To be good at shooting we have to practice, right? Unfortunately, soldiers in the military have just not been able to get the ammunition needed to do, well, anything in the form of quality individual weapons training. Why? We just do not have the ammunition is what we have been told. So as the Department of Homeland Security stockpiles ammunition, real soldiers are facing a shortage of bullets. 
Last week, ten United States Marines were killed. Seven died in a training exercise in Nevada and three more at Quantico, Virginia. This is a sad reminder of what a tremendous sacrifice our young men and women make when they volunteer to serve our country. Serving in the military is never truly “safe” even when our troops are not deployed. The courage and commitment required of our armed forces and their families is extraordinary, and we all owe them our gratitude and praise every day. 
I introduced H.R. 1253, the Sequester Pakistan Act, which will freeze all foreign aid to Pakistan until the Military Tuition Assistance Program of the Department of Defense is fully funded. This important program provides our troops the opportunity to obtain higher education that many could otherwise not afford.
Last week, I introduced the Protecting America’s Civilian Employees (PACE) Act to keep America’s federal employees from facing furloughs due to sequestration cuts.
