[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 111 (Thursday, July 16, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H5242]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




     SENATE DEMOCRATS ARE PUTTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY IN JEOPARDY

  (Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my 
concerns over Senate Democrats standing in the way of funding our 
national security. Once again, we find ourselves in a position where 
Democrats in the Senate are attempting to extort higher Federal 
spending on their social agenda in return for adequately funding our 
troops.
  To be clear, this House passed a spending bill with the same proposed 
spending limits that the President of the United States asked for, but 
Senate Democrats are using the 60-vote rule to prohibit this 
appropriation measure from coming to the floor.
  General Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently said:

       Since 2011, global disorder has significantly increased 
     while some of our comparative military advantage has begun to 
     erode.

  We have seen this before, Mr. Speaker, where our security becomes a 
political bargaining chip. This is irresponsible, and I respectfully 
request my colleagues in the Senate to abandon these tactics. I urge my 
colleagues in the Senate to stop this dangerous game and support the 
Defense Appropriations bill.

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