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Michael Waltz

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Michael George Glen Waltz is an American politician and member of the Republican Party who has served as the U.S. Representative for Florida's 6th congressional district since January 3, 2019. A former Green Beret, Waltz has a strong background in national security and has focused on issues related to defense and veterans during his time in office. He has been an advocate for military families and has worked on legislation to support their needs.

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Mar 22, 2023

I think, deep down, a lot of people think that Republican lawmakers are making this stuff up just to score political points.

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Mar 22, 2023

We lose more people in accidents.

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Mar 22, 2023

Tuesday, Chairman Banks and I wrote a letter to the Superintendent of West Point, regarding a Dean's Weekend training scenario...

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Mar 8, 2023

The Army I came up with, you leave your politics at the door.

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Mar 8, 2023

parents aren't going to want their kids to join a military if they are a family of color if they believe it is overrun with White supremacy;

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Mar 8, 2023

And on the flip side, as I hear from my constituents who don't want their kids to join if, for example, they go to the Air Force Academy and they are told in their orientation, 'Don't say, 'mom and dad'; say, 'parent.' Don't say…

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Mar 8, 2023

I agree with your call to national service.

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Mar 8, 2023

It is about taking care of the men and women to the left and the right. It is about achieving the mission.

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Mar 8, 2023

I am just curious when you were last at Nellis and Creech, and what you think of the housing situation there.

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Mar 8, 2023

I am working on a proposal to encourage public schools to bring in active or retired military personnel to speak to classes about, or help teach, civics and physical education.

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Mar 8, 2023

The color you are worried about is red, white, and blue.

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Mar 8, 2023

I agree with you that a narrative about service is really at the heart of the issue here.

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Mar 8, 2023

The USS George Washington, which is undergoing a long-term overhaul at Newport News Shipbuilding, has had eight sailors assigned to the ship commit suicide in the last 10 months.

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Mar 8, 2023

Another 68 percent are saying the politicizing of the military is impacting their advice to their children of whether to join or not--negatively.

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Mar 7, 2023

More than 80,000 Americans with fentanyl every year, creating a crisis at our border.

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Mar 7, 2023

I have also never been more disgusted with my own government. This was a callous, cold-hearted, incompetent episode on the part of this Administration.

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Mar 7, 2023

In 2022 Russia released its new Maritime Doctrine prioritizing the Arctic, pledging to protect these Waters 'by all means'.

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Mar 7, 2023

this was a failure at leadership, at the most senior levels of the State Department and the White House.

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Feb 27, 2023

I refuse to believe that with all of the great companies in this country and with all of the great minds at Georgia Tech, MIT, and everywhere else in this country, that we in this country cannot develop better technology than the Chinese…

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Feb 27, 2023

According to DOD's data, over 8100 service members have been discharged. What impact has the loss of those military members, that talent, that experience had on your service?

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Feb 27, 2023

10 U.S.C. 1107a prohibits the mandate of an unlicensed emergency use authorization (EUA) product, unless there is an express written authorization by the President.

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Feb 27, 2023

I am deeply honored to serve as chairman of this impactful subcommittee and lead its crucial work.

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Feb 27, 2023

There was no such finding by President Biden. Yet the DOD and each Armed Service mandated EUA products from the issuance of their respective mandates in August 2021 through the rescission of the mandates in January 2023.

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Feb 27, 2023

I was honored to work with him as the ranking member as chairman to show the bipartisanship of these issues.

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