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National Defense Authorization Act

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 4, 2014
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense

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Ms. GABBARD. Mr. Speaker, our troops, our country, and our
communities deserve far better than the defense bill that passed today.
The hidden provision in the amended H.R. 3979 to authorize training and
arming the so-called moderate Syrian rebels for the next 2 years with
no limit on how much money can be spent has seriously polluted this
critical piece of legislation.

I could not in good conscience vote to support the so-called moderate
forces who often work hand in hand with al Qaeda or ISIS and whose
personnel and weapons often end up in the hands of those terrorists.
This bill continues the same failed practices of undeclared war, regime
change, and nation building that have held us mired in the Middle East
for over a decade.

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