and her name is hope gwen bradley. i didn't know her name earlier today when i spoke. but she just said, i'm going to do something. i'm one person, and i'm going to do something. i don't know ms. braidl braid b. i don't foe if she has a connection to the military. but she opened a facebook with the name of my bill, ensuring pay for our military act of 2011. mr. president, as of when i left the office to come to the floor, there were 906,412 people on this web site who agreed with her that we must at all costs alleviate any fears of our military families when they are doing so much for our country and really fighting for what we are trying to do right here. so i want to commend hope gwen bradley and i surely hope i can meet her someday, for this kind of grass-roots groundswell to support our gropes with a simple bill that says, if there is a government shutdown, our troops will be paid on time, full pay. that's what the bill does. 74 cosponsors. we now have support, and i will say that senator rockefeller is here on the floor, my h esteemed college, the chairman of the

and her name is hope gwen bradley. she's from hawaii. i do not know her. but she has started a social media network that i have never witnessed in my life. we now have over 1 million support hits on her web site called "ensuring pay for our military act of 2011." in one day, she has accumulated 1 million support sentences or messages for what she's doing. and if you would go to that web site and do nothing else but read those comments by just people who are supporting our military and who are clear in the support of our military, you know, i'd like for the military people to see it just so they understand how much america appreciates them and what they do, because they're saying to the people right here in washington, d.c., you take care of our young men and women who are fighting for us. you better do it or there will be consequences. and are they right? absolutely. now, i have spoken a couple of times today, and i want to make sure that we do have the letters from the military organizations that have written in this support of senate bill 724. there is t