Vern Buchanan: “Let me just say, about 7 or 8 years ago, I had a lot of members from Kentucky and Tennessee and other places, and…”

That is why I offered an amendment last year to the NDAA which has since become law, requiring the Pentagon to examine emergency medical services and capability at U.S. military bases around the world.

We have the greatest military in the world, the greatest leaders, including yourselves. How can something like this happen if that is the case?

I urge adoption of my amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time.

We have got to come together. The time is now.