[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 5]
[House]
[Page 6776]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                SUPPORTING OUR MEN AND WOMEN IN UNIFORM

  (Mr. ALLEN asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. ALLEN. Mr. Speaker, I rise to commend my colleagues for 
supporting and passing the National Defense Authorization Act for 
Fiscal Year 2017.
  The NDAA reaffirms our commitment to supporting our men and women in 
uniform by enhancing pay and benefits for our servicemembers and their 
families, providing not only for the country as a whole, but also for 
back home in the 12th Congressional District of Georgia.
  It authorizes full funding requested by the Army for construction 
projects at Fort Gordon--projects that bring state-of-the-art 
technology and training to our troops--and authorizes funding for the 
Savannah River Site so that it can continue leading the globe in 
nuclear waste management.
  I am very pleased the committee adopted the Allen amendment expanding 
Army cyber ROTC programs to those universities already working with our 
Nation's service academies, like Augusta University in my district.
  Simply put, the NDAA is a key piece to our national security, and I 
was proud to wholeheartedly support it. Our troops deserve it, and our 
national security depends on it.

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