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AMODEI STATEMENT ON HOUSE VOTE TO APPROVE WAIVER FOR SECRETARY OF DEFENSE NOMINEE

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By: Mark Amodei

Date: Jan. 21, 2021

Location: Washington, DC

Issues: Executive Branch Legislative Branch

Congressman Mark Amodei (NV-02) today released the following statement after voting in support of a waiver to permit General Lloyd Austin to be confirmed as Secretary of Defense:

"In 2017, a bipartisan majority in the House approved the same waiver when General Mattis was nominated to serve as President Trump's Defense Secretary. Today, I was pleased to join my colleagues in the House in maintaining that same bipartisan consistency by voting in support of a waiver for a position that is critical to keeping Americans safe and leading our men and women in uniform."

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