Majority Leader Schumer Floor Remarks On The Senate Continuing To Make Progress On The Bipartisan National Defense Authorization Act

Washington, D.C. – Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) today spoke on the Senate floor on the Senate’s bipartisan progress on the NDAA. Below are Senator Schumer’s remarks:

For the information of Senators, I expect one more roll call vote today, which will be on the Lee amendment.

I’m glad we’re taking another step towards final passage today, and we’ll keep going when we return next week.

Providing for our national defense is always one of our highest responsibilities in Congress, and something that should always be bipartisan, and today we are seeing that play out in the Senate.

I want to thank my colleagues from both sides. This has been a lot of bipartisan cooperation and back-and-forth and I want to thank my colleagues on both sides for their good work. I also want to thank Chairman Menendez and Senator Scott, with respect to the Scott amendment, for agreeing to work out their differences in the conference committee. I have given both of them my assurance that I will work with them to find an amicable solution.

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