By David Horowitz, The Blaze
Will this finally be the week when Republicans take a critical look at our woke and broken military?
For years, as the military deteriorated in terms of its values, leadership, and mission focus, Republicans were solely focused on the top-line spending of how much we unconditionally shovel at the Pentagon and the military-industrial complex. After all, it was supposedly all to “support the troops.”
But even when they had the chance to debate and vote on the National Defense Authorization Act, which is supposed to be a policy bill, their main focus was appropriations and not policy changes.
Indeed, the current defense bill would have defense spending rise from $858.6 billion in the current fiscal year (already a massive increase from FY 2022) to $886 billion in FY 2024.
But if we continue to fund corruption, Ukraine, and a woke military, then what is the purpose?
This week, the House will consider the FY 2024 NDAA. On Tuesday, the Rules Committee will sort through over 1,400 amendments and decide which ones will get a vote.
There are a number of good amendments, but here are some much-needed policy changes in the following areas:
1) ending systemic racism in the military;
2) terminating COVID fascism;
3) canceling the climate stupidity;
4) defeating gender ideology;
5) stopping the Ukrainian heist;
6) targeting the waste and fraud of the military-industrial complex;
7) prioritizing our border as a military mission; and
8) limiting the surveillance state the defense agencies have weaponized against Americans.
The military is the last place where we should be teaching inferiority or guilt of one race. It is the ultimate pride of the nation and should represent true equality. Here are some worthy amendments that should be passed:
- # 1421 Rep. Jim Banks: Prohibits any funds authorized in the bill from being used by the military service academies to discriminate on the basis of race or ethnicity in academy admissions or to establish quotas for admission on the basis of race or ethnicity.
- # 1000 Reps. Eli Crane, Mary Miller: This amendment prohibits the Department of Defense from making participation in training or support for certain race-based concepts a requirement for hiring, promotion, or retention of individuals. It also ensures that employees and service members cannot be compelled to declare belief in or participate in training that promotes such concepts as a condition of favorable personnel actions. Rep. Chip Roy’s #363 has similar language.
2) Terminating COVID Fascism
Although last year’s NDAA banned the COVID vaccine mandates, there is still widespread discrimination against people for not getting the shots, and almost none of those kicked out have been made whole again. We must also make sure this can never happen again. Here are some amendments addressing it:
- #1420 Rep. Ralph Norman: This amendment bans all mask mandates in the military.
- #872 Rep. Dan Bishop et al.: This amendment would prevent the DOD from ever issuing COVID vaccine mandates again. Additionally, it would reinstate those already removed to their previous rank and pay and would provide those who already moved on with their lives the chance to expunge their dishonorable discharge.
- #454 Rep. Warren Davidson: Requires the DOD to conduct a study on the state of health conditions arising among service members since they were vaccinated.
- #515 Rep. Lisa McClain: Prohibits all DOD funding for the Wuhan Institute of Virology, as well as EcoHealth Alliance, any subsidiary of EcoHealth Alliance, any organization directly controlled by EcoHealth Alliance, or any organization or individual that is a subgrantee or subcontractor of EcoHealth Allaince.
- #187 Rep. George Santos: Prohibits all federal funding to the WHO pending an investigation into the influence of the Chinese Communist Party on the international organization.
3) Canceling climate stupidity
- #1394 Rep. Lauren Boebert: Prevents prioritizing climate politics over national security through expensive Green New Deal contracts for non-tactical vehicles.
- #1146 Rep. Andy Ogles: Imposes a prohibition on federal funds to support the Green Climate Fund, the Clean Technology Fund, the Global Environment Facility, and other trust funds.
4) Defeating Gender ideology
- #1386 Rep. Lauren Boebert: Prohibits Department of Defense Education Activity schools from purchasing and having pornographic and radical gender ideology books in their libraries.
- #1345 Rep. Eric Burlison: Prohibits the DOD from establishing new DEI administrator positions and/or taking actions to fill vacancies in currently existing DEI vacancies.
- #30 Rep. Ralph Norman: Prohibits provision of gender transition procedures, including surgery or medication, through the Exceptional Family Member Program.
- #194 Rep. Matt Rosendale: Prohibits TRICARE from covering and the Department of Defense from furnishing castration surgeries and gender hormone treatments.
- #320 from Rep. Matt Gaetz: Bans the DOD from facilitating any castration operations in DOD or non-DOD facilities.
- #333 Reps. Gaetz and Luna: Bans people from using showers and bathrooms not in accordance with the sex listed on the individual’s birth certificate.
. . . . (read more on The Blaze)
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