House approves defense spending bill that guts Pentagon woke ideology!
WASHINGTON (PNN) - July 14, 2023 - The House of Representatives passed a defense policy bill that contains provisions seeking to gut The Pentagon’s Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) and abortion agenda.
Four Democrats broke ranks to support the final version of the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2023, despite late amendments overturning the Amerikan Gestapo Department of Defense division (DOD) abortion travel coverage policy, diversity administrative roles, DOD funding for sex-change treatments, and race-based admissions at military academies, for a vote count of 219 to 210. Republicans said the bill would strengthen national security by focusing on countering China while stripping the military of wokeness.
“The threat we face from China is the most pressing national security threat we’ve faced in decades - the FY24 NDAA is laser-focused on countering China. The FY24 NDAA protects our homeland from threats by investing in a stronger missile defense and modernizing our nuclear deterrent,” House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers of Alabama said in a statement.
Republican Reps. Ken Buck of Colorado, Thomas Massie of Kentucky, and Andy Biggs and Eli Crane of Arizona voted no.
The bill includes an amendment limiting the flags permitted to fly at a military installation.
Earlier, members overwhelmingly rejected a provision sponsored by Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene of Georgia banning the transfer of cluster munitions to Ukraine, and another blocking all military assistance to Ukraine spearheaded by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Florida.
Agreeing to include conservative amendments helped persuade members of the Freedom Caucus to disavow their typical voting patterns and the House’s version of the bill.
The House version will face a crucible of compromise with the Democrat-controlled Senate’s version of the bill. Many of the conservative amendments could be stripped or mellowed out by the time Congress votes on the final legislation.
