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Mike Johnson: “Many [amendments to the NDAA] were not made in order because…”

Featuring: Mike Johnson, Republican | Speaker of the United States House of Representatives | National

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House Leadership, Angel Families, and Law Enforcement Applaud Passage of Secure America Act

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And we're anxiously trying to get a solution to that. So I certainly understand and appreciate his zeal. There were hundreds of amendments filed to the ndaa. Many [amendments to the NDAA] were not made in order because they were either not germane to the underlying bill or they had a point of order they were subject to, or it was in the jurisdiction of another committee. And we've been very insistent since we returned. We returned to the majority back in 2023 that anything that goes on the NDAA, I think logically, obviously must be directly related to defense spending and within the jurisdiction of House Armed Services Committee. (24:38–35:18)

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