{"id":15132,"date":"2024-06-17T21:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-18T03:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/?p=15132"},"modified":"2024-09-23T23:23:43","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T05:23:43","slug":"fulcher-votes-to-support-servicemembers-and-restore-american-deterrence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/fulcher-votes-to-support-servicemembers-and-restore-american-deterrence\/","title":{"rendered":"Fulcher Votes to Support Servicemembers and Restore American Deterrence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 <\/strong>Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.govinfo.gov\/content\/pkg\/BILLS-118hr8070rh\/pdf\/BILLS-118hr8070rh.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">H.R. 8070<\/a>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Our service members sacrifice so much to defend our nation&#8217;s freedoms and deserve all the support and resources we can offer.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;Today, I proudly voted to advance the Fiscal Year 2025 NDAA. This legislation will provide junior enlisted troops with a well-deserved pay increase, save billions of taxpayer dollars by slashing wasteful Washington spending, and prevent the incorporation of far-left social policies in Department of Defense (DoD) schools.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;In a time of increasing global instability, ensuring our military is fully prepared to deter threats from foreign aggressors is paramount, and this bill does just that.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><u>FY25 NDAA Bill Highlights:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Authorizes a 19.5% pay raise for junior enlisted servicemembers, improves the cost of living calculation, and expands allowances for housing and food<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Reduces healthcare wait times by expanding access to medical and mental health providers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Supports Israel&#8217;s right to self-defense against Iran, Hamas, and Hezbollah<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bolsters security at the U.S. Southwest border<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Saves taxpayers $30 billion by cutting inefficient defense programs, obsolete weapons systems, and unnecessary Pentagon bureaucracy<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prohibits the incorporation of far-left policies like Diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in DoD schools and prevents a military Green New Deal<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Russ Fulcher issued the following statement after voting in favor of the Fiscal Year 2025 (FY25) National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), H.R. 8070: &#8220;Our service members sacrifice so much to defend our nation&#8217;s freedoms and deserve all the support and resources we can offer.&nbsp; &#8220;Today, I proudly voted to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":14056,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[243],"tags":[285,92,42],"class_list":["post-15132","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinions-op-eds","tag-congress","tag-ndaa","tag-russ-fulcher","cat-243-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15132","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15132"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15132\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15133,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15132\/revisions\/15133"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14056"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15132"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15132"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gemstatepatriot.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15132"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}