Ronny Jackson: “I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is…”

“I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: At the appropriate place in subtitle A of title VII, insert the following: SEC. 7__. PROHIBITION ON PAYMENT AND REIMBURSEMENT BY DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE OF EXPENSES RELATING TO ABORTION SERVICES. (a) Sense of Congress.--It is the sense of Congress that-- (1) consistent with section 1093 of title 10, United States Code, the Department of Defense may not use any funds for abortions except where the life of the mother would be endangered if the fetus were carried to term or in a case in which the pregnancy is the result of an act of rape or incest; (2) the Secretary of Defense has no legal authority to implement any policies in which funds are to be used for such purpose; and (3) the Department of Defense Memorandum titled ``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'', dated October 20, 2022, is therefore unlawful and must be rescinded. (b) Repeal of Memorandum.-- (1) Repeal.--The Department of Defense memorandum titled ``Ensuring Access to Reproductive Health Care'', dated October 20, 2022, shall have no force or effect. (2) Prohibition on availability of funds to carry out memorandum.--No funds may be obligated or expended to carry out the memorandum specified in paragraph (1) or any successor to such memorandum.…”