Sen. Mitt Romney secures Utah-centric measures in defense spending bill – By Gitanjali Pooniagpoonia (Deseret News) / July 14, 2023
He also applauded efforts to combat the military’s recruitment problem
The House voted Friday to pass a defense spending bill, authorizing over $875 million in spending over the next year. Meanwhile, the Senate has its own version of the bill, with a vote scheduled for next week.
The National Defense Authorization Act, NDAA, is typically advanced on a bipartisan basis each year, with the two chambers needing to come to a compromise once they both pass their versions of the bill, as Politico reported.
Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, said he managed to secure a few measures that cater to the Beehive State’s priorities in the Senate’s version of the bill.
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