Blake Moore: “You mentioned in your remarks that, in the Budget Committee and on the budget that this House passed, there were…”

“I appreciate that they gave the money back, but why in the world is there not somebody advising them?” Moore said. “Like … this is going to be a bad look, if nothing else, other than highly, highly unethical.”

This legislation is the next and final step to giving our heroes and their families the commemoration they deserve by allowing a monument to be placed on the National Mall in Washington, DC.

“Maybe one of the most tone-deaf things I’ve ever seen,” Moore said, “to take money from a Russian oligarch for a wedding.”

I am thrilled that my bill has passed the House today and look forward to the President’s signature.