[Congressional Record Volume 161, Number 157 (Monday, October 26, 2015)]
[House]
[Page H7178]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORT OUR TROOPS AND MILITARY FAMILIES

  (Mr. WILSON of South Carolina asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. WILSON of South Carolina. Mr. Speaker, the National Defense 
Authorization Act, NDAA, is bipartisan legislation that our Nation has 
depended upon for decades to support our servicemembers and military 
families. In its entire history, the NDAA has been vetoed only four 
times. By vetoing it last week, the President has made history and, as 
The Washington Post has identified, ``not in a good way.''
  I am grateful for the leadership of the House Armed Services 
Committee Chairman Mac Thornberry and Senate Armed Services Committee 
Chairman John McCain as Congress works to fulfill its highest 
constitutional duty to provide for our common defense to protect 
American families from attacks with worldwide conflicts at record 
levels.
  As a grateful father of four sons currently serving in the military 
and as a 31-year Army veteran myself, I know firsthand the importance 
of the NDAA to promote peace through strength.
  The NDAA is and always has been bipartisan legislation because the 
safety of American families is more important than partisan politics. I 
encourage all Members of Congress to unite on voting to override the 
President's veto.
  In conclusion, God bless our troops, and the President by his actions 
must never forget September the 11th in the global war on terrorism.

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