WASHINGTON – Today on the floor, U.S. Senator John Cornyn (R-TX) discussed the national security implications of delaying the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) and failing to pass funding for our national defense in a timely manner under Democrat Majority Leader Schumer’s direction. Excerpts of Sen. Cornyn’s remarks are below, and video can be found here.  

“The lack of productivity on some very important matters by the United States Senate lies squarely at the feet of the Majority Leader.”

“We have less than five days before the end of the month. That’s why we’re hearing all of this unnecessary drama and narrative about a potential government shutdown.”

“We’ve not considered a single appropriations bill in the Senate, which we could have done months ago.”

“We have defense leaders from every facet of our military saying that the way the Senate is currently operating when it comes to funding the military and providing for the authorities that they need in order to do their job in the defense authorization bill, that the Senate’s failure to act on a timely basis is making their jobs harder and Americans less safe.”

“The picture of leadership here in the United States Senate is truly pitiful.”

“We could have avoided all of this if the Senate Majority Leader had scheduled votes on individual government funding bills months ago.”