[Congressional Record Volume 169, Number 121 (Friday, July 14, 2023)]
[House]
[Page H3602]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    THE ACCOMPLISHMENTS OF THE NDAA

  (Mr. MEUSER asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. MEUSER. Mr. Speaker, the National Defense Authorization Act is 
vital to the national security of the United States, as is border 
security and energy dominance. I am very pleased we are making strides 
into these areas with the passage of the NDAA and continue to 
strengthen and have a dominant military.
  This NDAA includes significant resources to counter China in the 
Indo-Pacific, requires the DOD to identify and mitigate land purchases 
near military installations, and makes certain the United States 
continues to have the world's superior fighting force.
  This legislation also funds the National Guard's border security 
deployment mission and rejects the Biden administration's plan to 
shrink our U.S. Navy.
  This bill includes language to require allies to provide proportional 
levels of funding for the Ukraine conflict, alleviating the burden on 
U.S. taxpayers, yet fortifying the Ukraine freedom fighters.
  Importantly, it supports our servicemembers with a 5.2 percent pay 
increase, the largest raise in 20 years.
  This NDAA strengthens the national security of the United States as 
well as the world, and I am pleased to have supported it.

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