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In case you missed it, I wanted to share some good news with you: We were able to include key wins for Virginia — including my reforms to help reduce military spouse unemployment — in the annual defense bill (the National Defense Authorization Act) that we wrote and passed out of the Senate Armed Services Committee last week.
Over the past year, I met with military spouses to listen to their concerns about the difficulty of getting and keeping jobs because of their families’ frequent moves and transfers. I’m so glad my colleagues agreed that we need to tackle this issue in the defense bill by including my provisions to improve military spouses’ access to jobs and childcare. These changes will strengthen military families’ financial security and help ensure our servicemembers are able to do their jobs.
In addition to supporting military spouses, the bill will also support shipbuilding, fund a pay raise for servicemembers, authorize over $266 million for 14 critical military construction projects throughout Virginia, and more. In addition, the bill continues my years-long effort to expand access to cyber education in Virginia, encouraging the Secretary of Defense to establish new cyber institutes at schools with ROTC programs.
This bipartisan legislation will advance our security, support our defense community, and provide our troops with resources they need to keep our country safe. Please know I’ll keep working to support Virginia’s shipbuilding industry, defense community, servicemembers, military spouses, and their families.
Sincerely,
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