WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee (SASC) member, delivered remarks on the Senate floor today urging opposition to an amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which would limit transfer of military equipment to local law enforcement.
“Standing on the front lines as a shield from absolute anarchy are our local law enforcement officers, who by and large have deployed the force required to protect American families as well as First Amendment rights,” said Senator Cramer. “It is stunning to me some of my colleagues are more appalled at where law enforcement got some of their equipment than they are at the violence our police officers have endured.”
The amendment failed following Senator Cramer’s speech. The Senator urged his colleagues to instead support an alternative amendment offered by SASC Chairman Jim Inhofe (R-OK), which passed. This legislation takes a more thoughtful approach to limiting equipment transfers, with a focus on training, prevention, and de-escalation.
