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🧵 1. Our NATO allies need honor their commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense.
2. The National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for FY2024, now pending in the Senate, proposes roughly $300m in NEW funding authorization for Ukraine.
3. I have an amendment to the NDAA that would restrict that new funding authorization for Ukraine until all of our NATO allies meet their commitment to spend 2% of GDP on defense. We expect to be voting on my amendment soon.
4. My amendment would incentivize NATO members to do what they said they’d do.

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Jul 20
🧵 1. To anyone who believes Article 5 of the NATO treaty supersedes the Constitution—and can take us to war automatically without action by Congress—PLEASE READ IT before you reach that conclusion. Here’s what it actually says:

“The Parties agree that an armed attack against… https://t.co/JQiCjYZ6pmtwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. Lest there by any doubt on the matter, Article 11 of the NATO treaty makes clear that “[t]his Treaty shall be ratified and its provisions carried out by the Parties in accordance with their respective constitutional processes.” Thus, the NATO treaty, by its own terms, DOES NOT… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
3. Even if the NATO treaty contained no such language or contained ambiguous language on this point (to be sure, it does not), the underlying argument would still fail—miserably. You can’t nullify a provision of the Constitution without amending that document. Doing so, of… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Jul 20
The ONLY senators who voted to reaffirm that no treaty—not even Article 5 of NATO—can take America to war: Braun, Cruz, Daines, Hagerty, Hawley, Johnson, Kennedy, Lankford, Lee, Lummis, Marshall, Paul, Rubio, Schmitt, Tuberville, and Vance. How’d yours vote? #SaveTheConstitution https://t.co/BsBaJUsdiV
I find this ratio—and the cavalier disregard for the Constitution—nothing short of heartbreaking.
If your senators aren’t on the list, please ask them why they voted against this.
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Jul 19
🧵 1. Big win for one company when FDA decided to treat transplanted pancreatic islet cells as drug treatments rather than organs.
dailycaller.com/2023/07/17/fda…
“The FDA on June 28 gave CellTrans Inc., a pharmaceutical company specializing in cellular therapies, approval to sell Lantidra, a pancreatic islet cellular therapy to treat type 1 diabetes. Republican lawmakers led by Utah Sen. Mike Lee had proposed a bill days earlier to… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
2. “Interestingly, the approval came just six days after we presented the bill, and on the same day we informed the FDA about its introduction,” Lee told the Daily Caller in a statement. “While it’s encouraging that this proposed legislation is spurring action, we have serious… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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Jul 17
Soldier to @SecDef: “My mom died; I need to travel to her funeral.”

@SecDef to soldier: “You’ll be charged for leave time and must pay your own travel.”

Soldier to @SecDef: “I want an abortion.”

@SecDef to soldier: “Here’s three weeks of paid leave and I’ll pay your travel.” Image
Please follow and share if you agree that this is a problem—and reflects a serious problem in Pentagon leadership.
What signal does all of this send to women in the military who want to have children?
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Jul 16
🧵 1. This is Article I, Section 2 of the Utah Constitution. Do you read it to limit in any way the legislature’s power to modify or repeal a law previously enacted through a statewide ballot initiative? Should it matter whether the law deals with legislative redistricting? https://t.co/JRgSSdFfastwitter.com/i/web/status/1…
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2. I ask because the Utah Supreme Court appears to be considering this question.
3. Far from an esoteric matter, the answer to this question could have profound political consequences for Utah—not just for years, but for decades to come.
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Jul 15
🧵 1. In this video, @SenTedBuddNC flips the script on those attacking @SenTuberville based on his refusal to expedite military promotions.
2. @SenTuberville has agreed to expedite the promotions as soon as @SecDef stops flouting federal law (10 USC 1093) by using @DeptofDefense funds to facilitate abortions.
3. @SecDef could end the standoff on military promotions TODAY, but apparently prioritizes his woke agenda—here the use of @DeptofDefense funds to facilitate abortion—more than the expedited approval of the promotions in question.
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