[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 120 (Thursday, July 13, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3483]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                 RESTORING NATION'S SAFETY AND SECURITY

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Tennessee (Mr. Rose) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. ROSE. Mr. Speaker, one of the key tenets of House Republicans' 
Commitment to America was restoring our Nation's safety and security. 
That means passing a strong and fiscally responsible National Defense 
Authorization Act, otherwise known as the NDAA, which is our country's 
primary legislation authorizing spending levels and providing 
substantive policy directives for the United States Armed Forces and 
the Department of Defense.
  Thankfully, that is exactly what House Republicans will be doing this 
week when we consider and pass the fiscal year 2024 NDAA. The NDAA for 
the coming year being considered by the House this week includes many 
priorities and provisions that middle Tennesseans can be proud to 
support.
  For starters, it ends the radical woke ideologies being forced on our 
servicemembers by prohibiting funding for teaching critical race 
theory. It repeals the authorization for the Department of Defense's 
unnecessary chief diversity officer and eliminates funding for drag 
shows and similar events.
  Along with these commonsense measures that passed the House Armed 
Services Committee by a 48-1 vote, the National Defense Authorization 
Act gives our military the tools they need to counter the Chinese 
Communist Party's aggression, increases oversight of the Biden 
administration after their disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan, and 
saves taxpayers $40 billion by cutting inefficient defense programs, 
obsolete weapons systems, and unnecessary Pentagon bureaucracy.
  All in all, I believe this bill contains good provisions that return 
our military's focus back on readiness and the defense of our Nation, 
not wokeness and progressive posturing.

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