‘Avoid Votes On Hegseth, Just Like They Avoid Votes On Epstein’: Jason Crow UNLOADS On Republicans

Hi everybody, my name is Jason Crow from the great state of Colorado and I am incredibly proud to stand here with my fellow veteran members of Congress and soon to be members of Congress, incredible patriots who have stepped up time and time again, who understand that when we took that oath, some of us years ago, I won't say how many years ago, when we took that oath, that it was a lifetime oath. That our commitment to this country, our commitment to the Constitution, that our commitment to the brotherhood and sisterhood of military veterans is a lifetime oath and continues. And we will always go where the fight is. We'll always go where we need to go to defend our country, to defend our military families and our fellow veterans. So as you have heard, as my brothers and sisters have so well articulated, I no longer care about the lip service of so many people here who tell us what they value, who tell us what they support, and then turn around and go the opposite direction and do the opposite thing. Today, for example, they denied us the opportunity to vote on a bill to say no to massive cuts to the VA that would decimate the veteran system. They jammed it through because they're not willing to actually take a vote on it. Just like they avoid votes on Pete Hegseth, just like they avoid votes on Epstein, just like they avoid votes on the war with Iran. So the best way on this Veterans Day to support our fellow veterans is to make sure that our budget reflects our values, that we are investing in our veteran system, but also to make sure that we are not unnecessarily creating more veterans. We support our military service members when we don't ask them to do things they don't need to do. And right now they are in the Middle East fighting a war that Americans don't want, that Americans have not authorized, that last week Americans said very clearly they want this war to end. So we must end this war in Iran, bring our service members home, reinvest in our military of the future, and make sure that our military families are brought back together. So with that, I am very honored to introduce my friend Adam Hamaway from the Commonwealth in New Jersey. Thank you. Thank you very much. I'm Dr. Adam Hamaway. I'm a U.S. Army veteran and served in Iraq. And come January, I will represent the good people of New Jersey's 12th District. Thanks to Donald Trump and his immoral war of choice, gas and grocery prices have hit record highs and America is less safe. New Jersey sent me to Congress to tell some hard truths. On day one of this joint offensive with Israel, Donald Trump bombed the Shadra Tayyiba school in Iran, killing over a hundred little schoolgirls. And the horrors since then have continued. I'm a U.S. Army veteran, and I know war crimes when I see them. Donald Trump is a war criminal, and we must hold him and Hegseth and everyone else culpable of this to account. It's time to end this war. It's time to stop this madness and to get our government back to delivering to the American people. To backing up our veterans and to getting our prices down and working for working families. Thank you very much and next I'd like to introduce my fellow Navy Veteran and neighbor from New Jersey 7th District, Member-Elect Rebecca Bennett. Thank you, Adam. Well, good afternoon, everyone. Happy Veterans Day. My name is Rebecca Bennett. I am proud to be the representative-elect for New Jersey's 7th Congressional District. I'm a former Navy helicopter pilot and experimental test pilot, and I served in the military for over 15 years. And I have friends right now that are forward deployed in the Middle East. And Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth started a war of choice without any sort of clear plan, objective, or exit strategy. And ultimately, what they are doing is making Making our nation less safe, less secure, and the damage that they are causing. causing to our military is unacceptable, and I look forward to holding them accountable for that when we take back the Congress in January. But it's also Veterans Day, and I want to take a minute to also acknowledge the work that we have to do for our veteran community. It is our moral obligation as a country to make sure that we are taking care of our veterans. I am a disabled veteran myself. I qualify for the PACT Act, and so I know firsthand how difficult it is to be able to navigate the VA, and that was before Donald Trump cut. The VA with DOGE cuts and everything else that's happening. And so we have to make sure we are taking care of our service members, both while they are serving as well as when they come home. And so I am really excited to hit the ground running in January. But thank you all so much for being here. And with that, I have the honor of introducing my future colleague, Jessica Killen. Hi, thanks. Everybody, I'm last. And I was told that if I keep it under a minute, I'll get chocolate. So I am Jessica Killen. I am the member-elect from Colorado's 5th Congressional I am honored and thankful to be here. I'm privileged to be the first veteran to serve my community, which includes over 100,000 veterans, almost 50,000 service members and five military installations in almost 50 years. I'm looking forward to giving them the representation that they deserve. I served mostly overseas at a time when our leaders knew and understood the importance of our allies and how critical they are to our national security. When the leaders at DOD knew and understood how critical troop morale and welfare is to And I look forward in the hundred. 120th Congress to deliver on a promise to have a more accountable VA, a more accountable DOD, and a Congress that delivers for the American people again. And now I'll turn it over to Chris D'Aluzio again. Thank you. Well. I want to thank my current and future colleagues. We are unfortunately losing this space. We're out of time, but I'll be over. And if others want to ask questions, we'll be over by the benches. One of the upsides of having so many new veteran members is that we ran out of time, but it's great to be with you guys. And again, we'll take some questions over on the side. Thanks very much.