| 00:00:00 | THE SPONSOR OF THIS BILL. |
| 00:00:01 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO MINUTES. |
| 00:00:04 | MR. |
| 00:00:06 | MURPHY: THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER. |
| 00:00:07 | TODAY, WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO WHAT IS RIGHT. |
| 00:00:09 | NOT JUST FOR GAY AND LESBIAN TROOPS SERVING IN OUR MILITARY BUT WHAT IS RIGHT FOR NATIONAL SECURITY. |
| 00:00:12 | WHEN I DEPLOYED TO IRAQ AS CAPTAIN OF THE 82ND AIRBORNE DIVISION, MY UNIT DIDN'T CARE IF SOMEONE WAS GAY OR LESBIAN. |
| 00:00:22 | WE CARED WHO COULD DO THEIR JOB SO WE COULD COME HOME ALIVES. |
| 00:00:30 | OTHER TROOPS IN OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE AN OPENNESS SUCH AS FRANCE AND GREAT BRITAIN. |
| 00:00:42 | IT'S AN INSULT TO THE TROOPS I SERVED WITH AND TO ALL THE TROOPS SERVING IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN TO SAY THAT THEY ARE SOMEHOW LESS PROFESSIONAL, WAS MISSION CAPABLE AS A MEMBER OF THESE FOREIGN MILITARIES. |
| 00:00:56 | NOW, WE HAVE HEARD EVERY EXCUSE UNDER THE SUN. |
| 00:01:00 | FIRST, IT WAS, WELL, WE NEED TO STUDY THE ISSUE. |
| 00:01:05 | WELL, THE PENTAGON FINISHED THEIR STUDY AND KNOW WHAT HAVE KNOWN ALL ALONG, REPEAL WOULD NOT HURT OUR OPERATION. |
| 00:01:12 | AND THEN WE NEED TO HEAR FROM OUR MILITARY LEADERS AND OUR TROOPS. |
| 00:01:17 | THEY HAVE SPOKEN. |
| 00:01:19 | THE SECRETARY OF DEFENSE, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFF, THE COMMANDER IN CHIEF AND THE MAJORITY OF OUR TROOPS BELIEVE THIS POLICY SHOULD GO. |
| 00:01:29 | ENOUGH. |
| 00:01:30 | ENOUGH OF THE GAMES. |
| 00:01:32 | ENOUGH OF THE POLITICS. |
| 00:01:33 | OUR TROOPS ARE THE BEST OF THE BEST. |
| 00:01:36 | AND THEY DESERVE A CONGRESS THAT PUTS THEIR SAFETY AND OUR COLLECTIVE NATIONAL SECURITY OVER RIGID, PARTISAN INTERESTS AND A CLOSED-MINDED IDEOLOGY. |
| 00:01:48 | THE CHAIRMAN OF THE JOINT CHIEFS OF STAFFS, ADMIRAL MIKE MULLEN, TESTIFIED THAT THIS ISSUE COMES DOWN TO INTEGRITY. |
| 00:01:57 | THE INTEGRITY OF OUR TROOPS AND THE MILITARY AS AN INSTITUTION. |
| 00:02:04 | WELL, THIS IS ALSO ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS INSTITUTION. |
| 00:02:09 | I ASK FOR AN ADDITIONAL 10 SECONDS. |
| 00:02:12 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:02:14 | MRS. DAVIS: 10 SECONDS. |
| 00:02:15 | MR. MURPHY: THIS IS ALSO ABOUT THE INTEGRITY OF THIS INSTITUTION. |
| 00:02:20 | THIS VOTE IS ABOUT WHETHER WE'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TELLING PEOPLE WILLING TO DIE FOR OUR FREEDOMS THAT THEY NEED TO LIE IN ORDER TO DO SO. |
| 00:02:28 | I URGE MY COLLEAGUES TO VOTE WHY HE ON REPEAL, AND I YIELD BACK THE BALANCE OF MY TIME. |
| 00:02:34 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN'S TIME HAS EXPIRED. |
| 00:02:36 | THE GENTLEMAN FROM CALIFORNIA. |
| 00:02:37 | MR. |
| 00:02:38 | MCKEON: MR. SPEAKER, I YIELD TWO MINUTES TO THE GENTLEMAN FROM LOUISIANA, DR. |
| 00:02:40 | FLEMING, A MEMBER OF THE HOUSE ARMED SERVICES COMMITTEE. |
| 00:02:42 | THE SPEAKER PRO TEMPORE: THE GENTLEMAN IS RECOGNIZED FOR TWO |
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