Providing for Further Consideration of H.R. National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2024

Floor Speech

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Mr. LANGWORTHY. Mr. Speaker, I rise in support of the rule and consideration of the National Defense Authorization Act.

The legislation before us today makes historic progress to reinforce the strength of our military and to protect our national security in the face of an aggressive, ambitious Chinese Communist Party.

First, this year's NDAA counters the Biden administration's dangerous efforts to reduce the size of our Navy and focuses resources on rebuilding our Armed Forces and procuring munitions.

The bill also puts a firm ban on our military from contracting with companies that do business with the CCP, ensuring the security of our military cannot be internally compromised by our most dangerous adversary.

It accelerates the deployment of advanced radars to track threats to our homeland--like the Chinese spy balloon that this administration was so incapable of taking down.

The NDAA before us today protects our military from the Biden administration's efforts to reduce its strength and to lull our country into complacency while our adversaries pose a direct threat to our national security.

We cannot afford to underestimate the gravity of the situation in the world today. We cannot have peace through strength without staying alert and ensuring that our men and women in uniform, who make up the strongest and most mighty military on the face of the Earth, have the resources and support that they deserve.

I strongly support the rule before us today, and I urge my colleagues to come together once again for the security of our great Nation.

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