“This legislation would authorize faster procurement of weapons and combat articles so helping our allies and partners doesn’t diminish our ability to protect ourselves.” “When providing aid to allies under attack, we must ensure we can quickly replenish our own stockpiles in the process,” Cornyn said upon introducing the Securing American ARMS Act last week.
Senate Majority whip Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has also co-sponsored the bill. But the bill is up against several other competing Senate priorities, chiefly a continuing resolution that Congress needs to pass before the end of the month in order to avoid a government shutdown.Ĭornyn and Shaheen have secured support for their bill from numerous colleagues on the Armed Services Committee, including Roger Wicker of Mississippi, who is in line to become the top Republican on that key panel next year. Senate Armed Services Committee Chairman Jack Reed, D-R.I., told the Defense News conference last week that he’s pushing for a Senate NDAA vote this month before lawmakers leave town for a month to campaign for the midterm election. “It’s not clear when we’re going to take up the NDAA, whether it will be before or after the election, and also to what extent we’ll have an amendment process,” Shaheen told Defense News.
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