Ro Khanna Chides House GOP For Bringing ‘Cultural Divisive Issues Into Supporting Our Troops’

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During House floor remarks on Wednesday, Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) spoke against some GOP amendments in the National Defense Authorization Act.

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00:00California is recognized for two minutes. Thank you Mr. Speaker. I want to thank Ranking Member

00:04Smith for his leadership. I also want to thank Chair Rogers for the fair way he conducts the

00:09committee. We should be debating how much money to spend on defense and whether we're getting

00:15our money's worth. It's no secret that I believe it should be a lower number, but I recognize that

00:20that's a valid debate that this committee should have. What I don't understand is some of the

00:26amendments that have nothing to do with defense that are being introduced into this bill. Amendment

00:3255, for example, prohibits the Defense Department from paying for the sick leave or travel for

00:39service members receiving an abortion. Amendment 51 prohibits the DOD from using masks to combat

00:47a pandemic. Amendment 49 prohibits the Defense Department from providing or approving pride

00:54flags. Amendment 47 prohibits even the teaching of affirmative action. Now at this point you wonder

01:01what what does this have to do with defense policy or keeping our country safe? Amendment 22 prohibits

01:08the DOD from buying electric vehicles or chargers. Talk about big government being prescriptive.

01:15Amendment 30, Amendment 9 or Amendment 44 bans and directs the Confederate Memorial to return

01:23to the Arlington National Cemetery. Mr. Speaker my hope is that this committee could debate

01:28the top line of defense and what we need to do to keep our country safe and that we not bring

01:34these cultural divisive issues into supporting our troops and into keeping America the strongest

01:40country in the world. I yield back. Gentleman from Washington Reserves, a gentleman from Alabama

01:45is recognized. Thank you Mr. Chairman, I'd like to yield.

Ro Khanna Chides House GOP For Bringing ‘Cultural Divisive Issues Into Supporting Our Troops’

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