[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 162 (2016), Part 6]
[Senate]
[Page 8480]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                  NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL

  Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, in just a few minutes, the Senate will 
take another important step toward passing sweeping defense legislation 
that will support our troops and our national security. It will help 
drive defense innovation and research. It will authorize pay raises for 
our servicemembers and modernize retirement benefits. It will help 
prepare our country to deal with the threats of today and the 
challenges of tomorrow, and it will help prepare the force that the 
next Commander in Chief will lead to do so as well.
  It is a responsible and important bill. Chairman McCain and Ranking 
Member Reed of Rhode Island have worked relentlessly to manage this 
bill, and I urge all my colleagues to join me in voting for cloture 
this morning.

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