leadership.
the speaker: good morning.
our government has no higher
responsibility than to support
our men and women who are in
harm's way.
for months now we have been
working to get our military the
resources it needs to keep the
peace.
this budget agreement delivers
on that commitment.
it fully funds our national
defense at levels that secretary
mattis has requested.
it provides what the pentagon
needs to restore our military's
edge for years to come.
as secretary mattis said
yesterday, i quote,
congressional action will ensure
our military can defend our way
of life.
that mission is hard enough,
especially in a time of rapidly
evolving threats, but our
military's job has become
exponentially harder because of
the staggering readiness crisis
it is facing.
you hear me do this every single
week.
this is a statistic that gets to
me.
2017 we lost 80 service
members in accidents and
training incidents.
nearly four times more than we
lost in combat.
in 2017, we lost 80 service
members in...