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Business Before the Senate

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 11, 2020
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. McCONNELL. Mr. President, the Senate needs to pass a stopgap funding measure today to prevent a lapse while the bipartisan, bicameral efforts close in on a full-year funding bill, and we need to advance what will be the 60th annual Defense authorization bill.

This year's NDAA will cement the historic steps that Congress and the Trump administration have taken over the past 4 years to rebuild and reequip a 21st century fighting force. It directs investments in technologies to maintain our strategic edge. It makes critical supply chains more secure and the Pentagon more accountable. And in the face of threats ranging from adversaries to this pandemic, it expands efforts to keep our men and women in uniform safe.

I remain hopeful that essential progress on these items will continue. We ought to pass a full-year funding measure, and I hope our committees in the Senate and the House can complete their work and deliver legislation next week.

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