Sen. Lee Condemns Slander of Sen. Tuberville
FULL STATEMENT ON VIDEO, PART OF SENATOR MIKE LEE'S DEFENSE OF SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE ON HOLD OF WOKE AGENDA NOMINATED U.S. MILITARY APPOINTMENTS
SENATOR MIKE LEE COMMENTS (TRANSCRIPT IN PART) (FULL TRANSCRIPT HERE)
Mr
President
the
American
people
are
sharply
divided
on
some
issues
one
of
those
issues
is
abortion
one
group
of
people
has
a
different
idea
about
one
human
life
begins
and
is
worth
protecting
and
needs
to
be
protected
under
law
it's
difficult
to
reconcile
the
views
of
those
who
are
in
sharp
contrast
with
each
other
given
that
one
group
thinks
that
human
life
begins
earlier
much
earlier
than
the
other
group
as
difficult
as
it
can
be
to
reconcile
those
competing
viewpoints
where
Americans
are
so
sharply
divided
there
is
an
issue
related
to
abortion
on
which
Americans
are
overwhelmingly
and
refreshingly
United
that
is
because
both
sides
tend
to
recognize
that
a
number
of
Americans
are
uncomfortable
with
abortion
to
the
extent
that
we
are
Americans
overwhelmingly
agree
with
that
vast
super
majority
in
agreement
that
the
federal
government
should
not
use
U.S
taxpayer
funds
for
abortions
to
that
end
Congress
has
passed
laws
providing
just
that
one
specific
law
deal
specifically
with
the
U.S
Department
of
Defense
codified
it
10
USC
section
1093
this
statute
which
has
been
on
the
books
for
decades
says
that
you
may
not
use
Department
of
Defense
funding
or
facilities
for
abortions
well
late
last
year
rumors
started
circulating
to
the
effect
that
the
U.S
Department
of
Defense
was
considering
adopting
policies
policies
that
would
fund
abortion
travel
specifically
allowing
U.S
military
personnel
seeking
abortions
in
a
neighboring
state
or
in
a
to receive three weeks of paid leave
time
and
compensated
travel
air
travel
or
otherwise
lodging
accommodations
per
diem
Etc
specifically
to
have
an
abortion
my
friend
and
colleague
the
distinguished
senior
senator
from
the
state
of
Alabama
senator
tuberville
is
concerned
about
this
sitting
on
the
armed
services
Committee
in
the
Senate
which
he
does
he
visited
with
defense
secretary
Lloyd
Austin
and
expressed
his
concerns
about
this
rumored
policy
and
he
said
you
shouldn't
do
this
this
is
inconsistent
with
the
spirit
of
not
also
the
letter
of
10
USC
1093
and
if
you
do
this
there
will
be
consequences
including
among
other
things
I
Senator
Tuberville
will
be
forced
into
a
position
in
which
I
will
delay
the
confirmation
of
flag
officer
military
promotions
regrettably
a
couple
months
later
secretary
Austin
completely
ignoring
federal
law
completely
ignoring
what
Senator
tuberville
had
told
them
proceeded
with
the
policy
anyway
by
so
doing
they
made
a
decision
to
openly
flout
federal
law
the
sole
purpose
of
this
policy
is
to
try
to
find
an
all
too
cute
way
too
tricky
Route
Around
what
Federal
Law
requires
flatly
inconsistent
with
the
spirit
if
not
also
the
letter
of
federal
law
now
since
then
there
has
been
debate
on
this
on
the
senate
floor
Awards
have
been
exchanged
people
have
strong
views
about
this
approach
but
make
no
mistake
all
Senator
tuberville
is
doing
is
saying
that
in
the
past
I
along
with
every
other
Senator
have
typically
moved
Heaven
and
Earth
to
expedite
the
confirmation
of
these
military
promotions
to
allow
them
to
occur
quickly
most
of
them
are
not
controversial
that
is
the
norm
but
these
things
require
unanimous
consent
and
there's
something
about
unanimous
consent
it
requires
as
the
name
implies
actual
unanimity
meaning
any
one
senator
can
raise
an
objection
that
makes
expedited
confirmation
not
possible
this
doesn't
stop
the
confirmation
all
it
does
is
it
requires
additional
steps
to
be
taken
it
takes
more
time
yesterday
we
had
a
statement
a
statement
that
was
unfortunate
a
statement
that
brings
me
to
the
senate
floor
today
a
statement
made
by
secretary
Carlos
Del
Toro
the
secretary
of
the
United
States
Navy
secretary
Del
Toro
with
whom
I've
worked
on
other
matters
in
the
past
and
for
whom
I've
had
great
respect
made
it
very
unfortunate
and
inappropriate
statement
here's
what
he
said
quote
I
would
have
never
imagined
that
one
of
our
own
Senators
would
actually
be
aiding
and
abetting
Communists
in
other
autocratic
regimes
around
the
world
close
quote
this
statement
to
be
clear
was
talking
only
about
Senator
tuberville
saying
in
light
of
this
policy
which
I
believe
is
incompatible
with
federal
law
I'm
not
going
to
facilitate
the
expedited
confirmation
of
the
nominees
in
question
that's
all
he
said
and
yet
for
that
he
was
accused
by
the
secretary
of
the
United
States
Navy
of
quote
aiding
and
abetting
Communists
and
other
autocratic
regimes
around
the
world
strange
this
is
unacceptable
and
this
body
should
emphatically
unambiguously
reject
the
ad
hominem
attack
against
Senator
tuberville
by
secretary
del
Toro.