The Leader’s Floor Lookout: Week of July 10, 2023
Washington,
July 9, 2023
Here’s what to watch for on the House Floor this week:
Providing Responsibly for Our National Defense One of Congress’ most important constitutional duties is to provide for our national defense and support the men and women who serve in the United States military, while also making sure taxpayer dollars are used responsibly. Under the Biden Administration, the Department of Defense has been spending Americans' hard-earned money on diversity, equity, and inclusion training, wasteful green initiatives, and redundant bureaucracy from the Pentagon instead of lethality. Hardworking Americans deserve to know that every taxpayer dollar invested in the Department of Defense is being spent efficiently to keep them safe, deter adversaries like China, and maintain our technological advantage – not wasted on woke programs that do nothing to enhance our military capabilities or weapons that don't meet the best standards. House Republicans are bringing forward a plan that shifts $39 billion from inefficient and woke programs, obsolete weapons systems, and unnecessary and harmful Pentagon bureaucracy to essential capabilities we need to defend our nation. Our plan also increases oversight and accountability of the Biden Administration’s defense spending to prevent waste, fraud, abuse, and corruption, so that no dollar goes unaccounted for.
H.R. 2670, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024, introduced by Chairman Mike Rogers, counters the Chinese Communist Party’s aggression, boosts oversight of the Biden Administration’s Department of Defense, supports members of our military and their families, and saves taxpayers billions of dollars while still investing in a secure defense industrial base and innovative technologies to support our national defense. It’s time for smarter investments in defense that support America’s position as the strongest nation in the world – House Republicans are here to deliver and ensure the brave men and women defending our nation’s freedom have access to the weapons and resources they need to keep our country safe from threats. |