Political Quotes

“I would just add that I think if you took a really diverse group and got opinions on the military, if it were doing so well, why are they 30 percent down in recruitment? Why are people not coming into it? Less than a month after the appointment by President Biden of Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, he directed commanding officers and supervisors at all levels to schedule a day to discuss extremism. What do you think our foreign adversaries are doing upon hearing this? They are laughing their heads off. I would just say that we need to support this amendment. Get DEI out of the military. Let's focus on building ships, focus on building airplanes, focus on building missions, not DEI and extremism that my friends on the other side of the aisle want to try to continue to highlight. Mr. Chair, I reserve the balance of my time. Ms. McCLELLAN. Mr. Chair, I yield 30 seconds to the gentleman from Washington (Mr. Smith).”