Rep. Lauren Boebert Votes to Fund U.S. Military
Rep. Lauren Boebert voted to fund the United States military by passing the National Defense Authorization Act and equip our brave men and women in uniform with the resources they need to accomplish their missions.
Rep. Lauren Boebert stated: “I voted for a defense bill which will ensure that America’s military remains the strongest force throughout the world. The removal of provisions that would draft our daughters, implement red flag laws, and establish an ‘Office of Countering Extremism’ were important factors in my decision to vote for this legislation. The NDAA also includes provisions that will provide some accountability for Biden’s Afghanistan debacle. Funding for our military should not be a partisan issue and this legislation was a step towards removing partisan politics that distract from military readiness and national security.”
“I was also glad to see that the DeGette and Neguse land grab bills were removed in this version of the bill, preventing more than 760,000 acres of land in Colorado’s 3rd Congressional District from being locked up by the federal government.”
Background:
While Rep. Boebert applauds the vast improvement of this version of NDAA from the first version she voted against on September 23rd, Rep. Boebert still has some concerns with the legislation. Specifically, the Congresswoman was disappointed that the NDAA did not include a provision blocking the Biden regime from carrying out a COVID-19 vaccine mandate for our troops. The Congresswoman is committed to supporting the right of military personnel to choose not to receive the COVID vaccine, particularly for those who possess natural immunity from a previous infection. Having said that, the bill did take some positive actions with regard to Biden’s military COVID vaccine mandate overreach by ensuring DoD cannot dishonorably discharge troops for not taking the COVID-19 vaccine, including retroactive language, and by requiring the establishment of a uniform policy that allows for medical, administrative and religious exemptions for our troops from COVID vaccine mandates.
Rep. Boebert has taken numerous other actions to prevent vaccine mandates including: signing Rep. Roy’s letter seeking to prevent funding for vaccine mandates in the NDAA, signing Rep. Lamborn’s letter expressing concerns about how vaccine mandates will impact our military readiness, cosponsoring Rep. Gooden’s bill that would preemptively prohibit any COVID-19 vaccine mandates for all schools, signing Rep. Babin’s letter regarding the federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates and their effect on Border Patrol agents, cosponsoring Rep. Mast’s legislation prohibit the Department of Defense from punishing members of the Armed Forces on the basis of the COVID-19 vaccination status, cosponsoring Rep. Bigg’s bill to block Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates, and cosponsoring Rep. Massie’s bill to prohibit bill to prohibit any requirement for servicemembers to receive a COVID-19 vaccination.
Partisan provisions that were removed from the bill include:
- DeGette Wilderness and Neguse CORE Act land grabs
- Requiring Women to register for the Selective Service
- Creating red flag laws for military personnel
- Establishing an office to “counter extremism” within the military
- A mandatory $15 minimum wage for DoD contractors
Productive items that were added to the bill include:
- Removing Chinese products from the DoD supply chain by 2027
- 2.7% pay increase for our troops
- Review of suicide prevention
- Prohibition on funds being funneled to the Wuhan Institute of Virology
- Prohibition on funds being used to procure products produced by Uyghur slave labor
- Modernization of the U.S. nuclear arsenal
- Prohibition on funds being funneled to the Taliban