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Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026

Floor Speech

Date: Sept. 10, 2025
Location: Washington, DC

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Mr. DAVIDSON. Mr. Chair, I thank the chairman and ranking member for their work on keeping the NDAA bipartisan.

There is such a vital focus on national security here, and there are some truly good reforms. As Mr. Hill highlighted, the Defense Production Act has broader implications than just the Department of Defense.

This turf war is, frankly, as old as the Defense Production Act, back to 1950. When Chief of Staff James A. Baker, III, was navigating this, he highlighted that tension. Since then, all kinds of things have taken place with the Defense Production Act. This year is the first opportunity to reauthorize it since the COVID pandemic, so HHS has been used.

There is a lot of thoughtful work underway as we seek to modernize and reauthorize this. I look forward to future collaboration.

Mr. Chair, I thank Chairman Rogers for his commitment to Chairman Hill. As chairman of the National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions Subcommittee, this authorization does go through my subcommittee, and I am happy to work with colleagues across the spectrum here to get a good product across the finish line.

Mr. Chair, I am opposed to this en bloc because of this amendment.

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