Congressman Blake Moore's Statement on Final House Passage of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022

Statement

Last night, the House passed the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2022. Following its passage, Congressman Blake Moore issued the following statement:

"I was thrilled to vote for the House's final passage of the NDAA this week, and I'm extremely proud of the countless hours my team, committee staff, and my HASC colleagues put into this bill over the last 12 months," said Congressman Blake Moore. "This NDAA delivers critical wins for both our national security and Utah's defense community by reversing the Biden Administration's harmful spending cuts and investing in depot modernization and nuclear deterrence. This will ensure the U.S. is best positioned against an increasingly aggressive China and resurgent Russia and will demand accountability for the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. This bill has a history of achieving the most bipartisan outcomes each year, and I applaud House and Senate leadership for ensuring several harmful, partisan provisions were removed as expected. The removal of 2nd Amendment restrictions, female draft requirements, and heavy-handed vaccine mandates in the final bill demonstrates that the legislative process can be trusted. I urge my Senate colleagues to rapidly move this legislation so it can be signed into law and we can give our service members the assistance they need to keep Americans safe."

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