Political Quotes

“Madam Speaker, the FY22 National Defense Authorization Act is a bipartisan project of enormous work both by members and staff. As always, I start by thanking Chairman Smith and Ranking Member Rogers and the House Committee on Armed Services' staff that worked long hours and many, many nights putting this year's NDAA together. I also thank the Subcommittee on Readiness Ranking Member Lamborn, for his partnership on the subcommittee, as well as all the members of the subcommittee who contributed to the base bill or submitted amendments in the process. In addition, I thank the committee's staff for their many hours of work in preparing this mark or this legislation. In particular, the staff of the Subcommittee on Readiness: Jeanine Womble, Ian Bennitt, Melanie Harris, David Sienicki, Jay Vallario, Wendell White, Whitney Verrett, and Naajidah Khan. I am particularly proud of the many priority issues for the Subcommittee on Readiness that are reflected in this final bill. Of note, this bill represents a continuation of the work to address the vulnerabilities of installations, as well as energy resiliency and response to climate change. We also are prioritizing efforts to address the contested logistics involving near-peer competitors.…”