[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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