Republicans are worried about 'woke' provisions included in the NDAA, including service members' vaccination mandate, women in the draft and other controversial policies.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., discusses efforts to combat growing woke ideology in the armed forces and responds to the Iranian national soccer team refusing to sing country’s national anthem at the World Cup.
Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn., blamed Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., for playing politics with the NDAA by delaying its passage until the last minute and preventing robust debate on its contents. "The defense bill isn’t the place for Democrats to indulge the wild ideas of their latest social experiments, like forcing women to register for the draft," Cotton told Fox News Digital."If Democrats want to protect America and keep our troops safe, they should agree to pass a clean bill and leave theirIn other cases, Republicans are looking to include language to chip away at Biden administration policies they oppose.
The senator also offered two amendments to the NDAA in June to ensure military parents have control over their children's education and that congressional funding for"woke" diversity, equity and inclusion Department of Defense programs would have more restrictions. Both amendments were defeated by Democrats during an Armed Services Committee markup.
The conservative Heritage Foundation released a report over the summer, urging Congress to remove provisions in the NDAA that would"foster corporate wokeness.
"I think it's one of our very top priorities to clean up the mess the administration has made with the excessive and dangerous COVID mandates on our troops at a time where we have historically low recruitment," said Rep. Jim Banks, R-Ind., a member of the House Armed Services Committee.
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