Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On Filing Cloture On The NDAA

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on filing cloture on the NDAA, which sets up the first procedural vote early next week. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks, which can also be viewed here:

Yesterday, the House of Representatives passed the National Defense Authorization Act, bringing this bill here to the Senate.

I just filed cloture on the NDAA, setting up the first procedural vote for early next week.

This year’s NDAA has some very good things we Democrats wanted in it, it has some bad things we wouldn’t have put in there, and some things that were left out. But we're going to keep working. We're going to keep working at it. Both sides are working well together and I hope we can finish the job soon.

So, thank you to Chairman Reed, to Ranking Member Wicker, and to my colleagues on both sides for finalizing the text of the NDAA.

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