[Congressional Record Volume 166, Number 207 (Tuesday, December 8, 2020)]
[House]
[Page H6919]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
A JUST AND PROPER FIGHT
(Mr. GAETZ asked and was given permission to address the House for 1
minute.)
Mr. GAETZ. Mr. Speaker, I oppose the NDAA, not because I am against
our troops, but because I love them so much.
America's fighting men and women are so precious that they should not
have to die in some failed state, some faraway land that most Americans
can't even point to on a map so that defense contractors can extend our
involvement in these wars, so that lobbyists can get rich, and so that
Members of Congress can get reelected.
This good bill has been hijacked by the forever war lobby and their
bought-and-paid-for allies in the United States Congress. It puts
barriers in the way of an administration that wants to bring our troops
home and put America first. This legislation has become too swampy. It
does good things to ensure that America can vanquish any foe on the
battlefield, but we should only fight when that fight is just and
proper.
Mr. Speaker, we have spent two decades trading the same villages back
and forth in Afghanistan. And I believe that the administration that
leads our country should work to bring those troops home, and
unfortunately, this bill does exactly the opposite. From Afghanistan,
from Germany, and elsewhere, I am going to put America first and I am
voting against this bill.
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