Even though the #FY22NDAA is bipartisan and fulfills Congress’s most important duties — to provide for the common defense and take care of our troops — still won’t let us vote on the bill. This sends a terrible message to our troops, allies and adversaries.
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Meanwhile, in the three months since the Armed Services Committee passed this bill, the threats we face around the world — China and Russia, North Korea and Iran, terrorist organizations in Afghanistan — have only gotten worse.
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Considering #FY22NDAA on the Senate floor is a crucial step in the process - it allows all senators a chance to make their marks through the amendment process. Instead, we have wasted months of floor time waiting for an unpopular, partisan bill that hadn’t even been written yet.
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This additional delay will make getting our job done – and doing it right – that much harder. Now, has almost guaranteed this year will be one of the latest starts to the bicameral conference process ever.
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I share Chairman ’s sentiments fully when he said he was ‘extraordinarily frustrated.’ As soon as lets us, we’ll work day in and day out to get this year’s bill done. Our troops deserve no less. But it shouldn’t be like this.
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