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Conference Report On H.R. 2647, National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2010

Floor Speech

Date: Oct. 8, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense

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Mr. BUYER. Mr. Speaker, I am very disappointed that I must vote against the conference report for H.R. 2647, the FY2010 National Defense Authorization Act, because it includes ``hate crimes'' provisions of H.R. 1913. The provisions were added by the Senate in an effort to facilitate the social engineering and partisan political agenda of the Democrat leadership in Congress. The ``hate crimes'' language has absolutely nothing to do with the funding and equipping of our servicemembers, and it is especially unfortunate that such a blatant partisan action would be taken during a time of war when our nation's sons and daughters are in harm's way. My no vote supports the values, goals, and mission of the United States military.

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