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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

Floor Speech

Date: May 18, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Foreign Affairs Drugs

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Mr. WALBERG. Mr. Chairman, I rise in support of two amendments I offered to this year's National Defense Authorization Act.

The amendment we are currently considering requires the DOD to report on the effectiveness of efforts to detect and monitor drug trafficking, specifically heroin and fentanyl, which is devastating my home State of Michigan and the entire country.

The United States Southern Command is already doing important work to interdict drug runners and provide needed training to counternarcotic teams in Central America.

My amendment would help quantify those efforts and see what more can be done to combat the heroin and fentanyl coming from this region.

The second bipartisan amendment, which we will consider later today, requires DOD to verify it has sufficient access to Afghan accounts to guarantee effective audits.

It is important that our military has access to financial information to protect U.S. funds from waste, fraud, and abuse, and ensure taxpayer resources are being spent effectively.

I appreciate these amendments being included en bloc. I urge the support of my colleagues.

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