[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 152 (Wednesday, September 20, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H4417]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                        NDAA MOTION TO INSTRUCT

  (Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Ms. CLARK of Massachusetts. Mr. Speaker, a handful of issues have 
always transcended politics. Our troops, the guardians of our freedom, 
have always been one of them, but in the MAGA Republican Party, nothing 
is off the table. Nothing takes priority over their goal of a 
nationwide abortion ban.
  Military promotions, troops' paychecks, our national defense bill: 
all held hostage because extremists want to tear away the reproductive 
freedom of the very people fighting for our freedom.
  Mr. Speaker, I urge my colleagues: Put our country first and instruct 
the conferees to deliver a defense bill that puts freedom over fascism.

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