'I was the only person to vote no on committee out of 59 on the bloated defense bill,' Rep. RoKhanna wrote. 'After amendments attacking abortion rights and trans rights, looks like my Dem colleagues may join me.'
, chair of the Congressional Equality Caucus."These riders cannot stand, and my colleagues and I will use every tool to get them removed during conference.
"It's outrageous that a tiny minority of Republicans is getting to dictate exactly what amendments come to the floor," McGovern said."Kevin McCarthy may be the MAGA ringmaster, but it is clear that the clowns have taken over the circus.
"Extreme MAGA Republicans have chosen to hijack the historically bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act to continue attacking reproductive freedom and jamming their right-wing ideology down the throats of the American people," House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries , Democratic Whip Katherine Clark , and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar said following hours of votes on mostly Republican-authored amendments.
“House Republicans have turned what should be a meaningful investment in our men and women in uniform into an extreme and reckless legislative joyride," Jeffries, Clark, and Aguilar said Thursday."The bill undermines a woman's freedom to seek abortion care, targets the rights of LGBTQ+ service members, and bans books that should otherwise be available to military families."
In opposing final passage of the National Defense Authorization Act , the top Democrats are joining progressive lawmakers who usually vote no on the annual military policy bill due to its sky-high and ever-rising topline. The NDAA for the coming fiscal year would authorize $886 billion in total military spending, with $842 billion going to the Pentagon.
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