Rep. Pelosi: Defense Bill Without Abortion, Trans Rights ‘Is a Tragedy’

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PELOSI: “Well, again, we take an oath to protect and defend our country and our military is a very important way that we do that, our intelligence community, as well, and the strength of -- of our economy. Everything is connected in all of this. But what they're doing now is almost unexplainable. If you take what the House Republicans have done to our defense bill, as well as what the senator from Alabama is doing in the Senate to hold up these confirmations of people who have to be in the line of duty to take action to protect the American people, it just doesn't -- it's -- it's, again, inexplicable, because, again, we're all there to protect and defend our country. The bill that came out of the Armed Services Committee, a committee you served on, was very bipartisan. I think it had one no vote. It was just about 100 percent bipartisan, until they came to the floor and started really messing with it. It's a tragedy. It's really sad.”