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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2017

Floor Speech

Date: May 18, 2016
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Military Personnel Criminal Justice

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Mr. YOUNG of Iowa. Mr. Chair, I will be brief.

According to the Federal Trade Commission, our men and women who are defending our Nation and their families are twice as likely to fall victim to identity theft and fraud. Because they protect us, we need to do more to protect them and their families from scammers who take advantage of their service. My amendment No. 177 simply requires the Department of Defense to report to Congress on its efforts to protect their information.

I thank the chairman for working with me on this amendment, and I look forward to working the committee to better protect those who sacrifice so much to defend our Nation. I also thank my co-chair of the Bipartisan Congressional Task Force to Combat Identity Theft and Fraud, the gentlewoman from Arizona (Ms. Sinema), for her great work. She has been a great partner in helping to protect taxpayers and now our servicemembers from having their identities stolen.

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