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Senate Democrats are Putting our National Security in Jeoprady

Floor Speech

Date: July 16, 2015
Location: Washington D.C.
Issues: National Security Government Budget and Spending

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Mr. Speaker, I rise today to voice my concerns over Senate Democrats standing in the way of funding our national security. Once again, we find ourselves in a position where Democrats in the Senate are attempting to extort higher Federal spending on their social agenda in return for adequately funding our troops.

To be clear, this House passed a spending bill with the same proposed spending limits that the President of the United States asked for, but Senate Democrats are using the 60-vote rule to prohibit this appropriation measure from coming to the floor.

General Dempsey, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs, recently said:

Since 2011, global disorder has significantly increased while some of our comparative military advantage has begun to erode.

We have seen this before, Mr. Speaker, where our security becomes a political bargaining chip. This is irresponsible, and I respectfully request my colleagues in the Senate to abandon these tactics. I urge my colleagues in the Senate to stop this dangerous game and support the Defense Appropriations bill.


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