National Pulse Memorial

Floor Speech

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Mr. NORCROSS. Madam Speaker, I thank Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers for their leadership in bringing this bill to the floor. This is our opportunity to pass the Defense Authorization Act for the 61st straight year. That is important.

Madam Speaker, this bill continues the Tactical Air and Land Forces Subcommittee's long tradition of bipartisan work to make America's Armed Forces continue to be the best in the world.

I commend the hard work by our members, certainly our staff, and everyone else in this rather unusual, complicated, and demanding year.

I especially want to thank Ranking Member Hartzler for her leadership and commitment to this bill. Our bipartisan cooperation in the House, once again, paid dividends in delivering a defense bill that meets the modernization and readiness needs of our Nation's air and land forces.

Madam Speaker, this bill carefully manages our military resources while increasing our congressional oversight of DOD's large, complex, and expensive programs. Certainly, this is something that demands our attention and it certainly has.

This billing includes significant compromises, many of which I personally do not agree with. This is a good bill, and it furthers America's national security needs.

Madam Speaker, I urge everyone to support this bill.

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