WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn issued the following news release:
Today, U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and U.S. RepresentativeMatt Van Epps (R-Tenn.) introduced the Guard Equal Benefits for Federal Missions Act to ensure that National Guard members patrolling U.S. cities receive active-duty benefits for their service. Last month, President Trump announced (https://www.war.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/4442898/hegseth-lauds-parity-in-pay-benefits-for-guardsmen-praises-memphis-crime-reduct/) National Guardsmen serving on the Memphis Safe Task Force and in other cities would receive deployment pay and benefits equal to those of active-duty troops.
"The Memphis Safe Task Force has successfully driven crime dow...