have spoken out about these damaging cuts. in the face of continuing and emerging threats, these cuts have left us unable to realize the potential of our missile defense capabilities, they've whittled down our conventional forces, laying an undue burden on foreign deployed personnel, and their families. and they've shrunk our fleet to its lowest ship count in nearly three decades. we haven't asked our men and women in uniform to do less for our country, we've just forced them to make due with less than they need. this agreement changes that. in addition, this bill will provide for our returning heroes. too often, underfunded, overcomplicated bureaucracies failed to deliver the care our veterans deserve. the trump administration and congress, thanks to the leadership of chairman isaacson,