10/19/2021
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"I appreciate your patriotism, but I think we all do it for our country. But our men and women in the military, as well as the civilian workforce that supports our national security deserve to have goo..."
"I want to remind my colleagues that a 2013 comprehensive immigration reform proposal would have reduced Federal deficits by $850 billion over 20 years, and increased GDP by 5.4 percent over 20 years."
"It is frustrating to me that we have not learned our lessons from the past, and we are here again, discussing the same unwarranted concerns and implementing discriminatory policies in the military."
"Transgender individuals are already serving in the military. And not once during any hearing did I hear military leaders citing transgender service members as a threat to our military readiness."