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William M. (Mac) Thornberry National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021

Floor Speech

Date: July 20, 2020
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Military Personnel Government Budget and Spending

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Ms. CRAIG. Madam Speaker, I thank the chairman for yielding and allowing me to speak on this en bloc amendment, which includes my amendment to add $30 million to the Army Community Services account to provide family assistance, victim advocacy, financial counseling, employment readiness, and other similar support services. This program is so important, and I am grateful the amendment was included.

I am also here to urge the inclusion of the Insulin Affordability Data Collection Act in the final NDAA. Right now, Minnesotans are dying because of the real-life impact of the cost of insulin and other lifesaving prescription drugs.

Madam Speaker, I urge the inclusion of this bill, which is already included in the Senate's version of NDAA. This issue will study the rates of diabetic ketoacidosis, which took the life of Minnesotan Alec Smith 2 years ago after the high cost of insulin forced him to ration his doses.

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