Tulsi Gabbard

I get the congressional process and authorizations and budgets and everything else.

But the fact that the Department of Defense has so far failed every single audit tells us about how irresponsible they have been in managing our taxpayer dollars and spending.

I'll give you the most current example that I saw as of yesterday.

It's a headline that popped up.

The Department of Defense is announcing they're going to give economic hardship bonuses to troops.

20 bucks a month.

What?

About $120 a year.

Yes.

And so I read the headline.

I was like, oh, that's interesting.

Economic hardship bonuses because the economy has been tough, especially for junior enlisted service members.

Food stamps, going to the food bank, trying to support a family, especially those who have young families.

Okay.

Sounds like a good idea.

20 bucks a month.

Turns out Congress authorized an economic hardship bonus last year, and only now is the Pentagon getting around to making these payments and have said, well, this is all that we can afford, and it'll go to service members of the ranks of E1 to E3.

The White House adamantly opposes this until they complete their administration's study on military pay and compensation.

Exactly.

Exactly.