Chip Roy: “The amendment that I am offering here would prohibit funds from being available under this act for the Marine Corps…”

“The amendment that I am offering here would prohibit funds from being available under this act for the Marine Corps University Krulak Center's Reynolds Scholars program. Now, I was unaware of this, relatively blissfully, I don't know, a couple months ago, but then the Marine Corps University's Reynolds Scholars Program at the Krulak Center is a year-long program for students who wish to explore ``gender and security issues.'' That may not have jumped up onto my radar screen, but I became aware because the official Krulak Center Twitter account publicly criticized the user for calling this program ``woke'' and calling this individual a stain on the legacy of marines. Well, it seems inappropriate for a federally funded center, so it caught my attention. Then it became clear to me when I had a syllabus presented to me about what was being presented. Here are a few examples of the program themes listed in the official syllabus: ``Gendering War.'' ``What is gender and how is it different from biological sex?'' ``How are war narratives constructed through gender discourse?'' ``How can we imagine nonviolent masculinities and the role they might play in conflict?'' We are pretty darn violent. ``How might the United States Marine Corps strategic narrative be problematic for women, peace and security?'' Again, this is just something that my constituents, and I think a large block of the American electorate--dare I say a very sizable majority--would say, what are you doing?…”