<p>Several veterans currently serving in Congress — from both sides of the aisle — joined together to wash the Vietnam War Memorial ahead of the Memorial Day holiday honoring fallen service-members.</p>
<p>CBS News&#8217; &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; shared video of the project on Sunday, showing several members of Congress who served in different branches of the military as they hand-washed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C.</p>
<p>&#8220;Democrat, Republican, black, white, brown, none of that matters,&#8221; Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said. &#8220;It just matters that we&#8217;re all Americans.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">This Memorial Day weekend, a bipartisan group of veterans who serve in Congress hand-washed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial together.</p>
<p>“Democrat, Republican, Black, White, Brown, none of that matters. It just matters that we’re all Americans,” Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) said. <a href="https://t.co/TmMLGrGbd3">pic.twitter.com/TmMLGrGbd3</a></p>
<p>— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1794813253345845415?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Waltz and Rep. Pat Ryan (D-NY) also spoke with &#8220;Face the Nation&#8221; host Margaret Brennan about the &#8220;divide&#8221; between the 99% of Americans who have never served in the military and the 1% who have. Calling that chasm &#8220;deeply problematic as a democracy,&#8221; they told Brennan that they have been working together to find better ways to recruit more young Americans to serve.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">With less than 1% of the American population serving in the military, the &#8220;divide&#8221; between the other 99% is &#8220;deeply problematic as a democracy,&#8221; says <a href="https://twitter.com/RepPatRyanNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepPatRyanNY</a>, who is working with another veteran in Congress, Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaelgwaltz</a>, on ways to recruit more service members. <a href="https://t.co/DPEiYsdJfm">pic.twitter.com/DPEiYsdJfm</a></p>
<p>— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1794742391477243917?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Waltz suggested that especially in light of President Joe Biden&#8217;s recent unilateral moves to cancel student debt, perhaps some sort of civil or military service could be expected of those whose debts were forgiven.</p>
<p>&#8220;<span class="css-1jxf684 r-bcqeeo r-1ttztb7 r-qvutc0 r-poiln3">Service doesn&#8217;t just have to be in the military. </span>People here are talking about just giving away college or just eliminating debt. Well, how about the American taxpayer gets something in exchange for that in terms of service?&#8221; he said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">&#8220;Service doesn&#8217;t just have to be in the military,&#8221; Rep. <a href="https://twitter.com/michaelgwaltz?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@michaelgwaltz</a> says. &#8220;People here are talking about just giving away college or just eliminating debt. Well, how about the American taxpayer gets something in exchange for that in terms of service?&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/xeX4w1PzDQ">pic.twitter.com/xeX4w1PzDQ</a></p>
<p>— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1794742641818751243?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote>
<p>Waltz and Ryan are also working together to combat the very real problem of suicide among military veterans, saying that the federal government needed to be ready to do more. &#8220;We don&#8217;t have the urgency. It needs to be a problem that every American recognizes as theirs,&#8221; Ryan said.</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">The U.S. government is &#8220;not doing enough&#8221; to address the number of veterans who succumb to suicide after serving, says <a href="https://twitter.com/RepPatRyanNY?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RepPatRyanNY</a>, an Army veteran.</p>
<p>&#8220;We don&#8217;t have the urgency,&#8221; he tells <a href="https://twitter.com/margbrennan?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@margbrennan</a>. &#8220;It needs to be a problem that every American recognizes as theirs.&#8221; <a href="https://t.co/TTvDUvHJCC">pic.twitter.com/TTvDUvHJCC</a></p>
<p>— Face The Nation (@FaceTheNation) <a href="https://twitter.com/FaceTheNation/status/1794740563415294326?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 26, 2024</a></p></blockquote>

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