[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 161 (2015), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 7022]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                      SUPPORT PASSAGE OF FY16 NDAA

  (Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia asked and was given permission to 
address the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. AUSTIN SCOTT of Georgia. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to urge my 
fellow Republicans and other Members to support the fiscal year 2016 
National Defense Authorization Act.
  My colleagues and I on the Armed Services Committee came together in 
a bipartisan fashion to pass this legislation out of committee with a 
vote of 60-2. That seems pretty bipartisan to me. And it should be. Our 
Nation's security should not be a partisan issue.
  The committee had a goal of implementing some lasting reforms to 
ensure that our military is better prepared for the challenges that we 
face.
  Part of facing these challenges is ensuring that our military has the 
very best training and weapons systems for the fight. This legislation 
recognizes that need by preserving the A-10, which is the best close 
air support aircraft, and flown out of Moody Air Force Base.
  This bill also invests in the future replacement of the JSTARS, an 
important ISR platform that flies out of Robins Air Force Base.
  It is as honor to serve as a voice for Robins and Moody in Congress, 
and I urge my colleagues to pass this legislation for our Nation's 
warfighters who bravely serve so that we may remain the land of the 
free.

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