By Public Citizen, November 18, 2021
WASHINGTON DC — Dare reSeneti remuAmerica svondo rino razeya mutemo weNational Defence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2022 (NDAA) uyo ungapa mvumo yekuti mari inosvika bhiriyoni mazana manomwe nemakumi masere emadhora ekushandisa muchiuto. US Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) akaunza shanduko yekuwedzera kushandisa mari zvakanyanya nekutora imwe madhora mabhiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu kubhajeti remauto. Iyo NDAA inotosanganisira mabhiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu emadhora ekukwira pamusoro pedanho rakakumbirwa neMutungamiri Joe Biden. Kusiyana neizvi, Seneta weUS Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) akaronga shanduko yekubvisa kuwedzera uye kudzoreredza bhajeti remauto padanho rakakumbirwa naBiden.
Mukupindura, masangano anotungamira masangano akashora chikumbiro chaWicker uye akakurudzira maseneta kuti atsigire shanduko yeSanders:
"Kuedza kuisa imwe $50 bhiriyoni, mari yakawanda kupfuura iyo agency pachayo yakakumbira, mubhajeti rePentagon iro ratova zvikamu zvitatu muzvina zvemadhora bhiriyoni zvinonyadzisa, hazvitendeke uye zvinonyadzisa. Congress inofanirwa kuramba zvinodiwa nevemauto-maindasitiri, uye panzvimbo pezvo vanoteerera nhare dzekuisa madhora emutero muzvido zvevanhu zvechokwadi sekutsigira kugadzirwa kwekudzivirira kwepasi rose kweCCIDID-19, kuwedzera kuwanikwa kwehutano, uye kupa mari zvirongwa zvekururamisira kwemamiriro ekunze. ”
- Savannah Wooten, #PeopleOverPentagon Campaign Coordinator, Public Citizen
"Apo denda riri kuenderera mberi, kusawirirana pakati pevapfumi nevarombo kunowedzera, sezvo dambudziko riripo remamiriro ekunze riri kuuya, Seneti iri kugadzirira kushandisa mari inopfuura zvikamu zvitatu muzvina zvemabhiriyoni emadhora zvichikurudzira kupindwa muropa nekupisa. Kurudziro yaSenator Wicker yekuwedzera madhora mabhiriyoni makumi maviri neshanu pamusoro peiyi bhajeti inonyadzisa inogona kufadza vatsigiri veindasitiri yezvombo, asi inosiya vanhu vemazuva ese kunze kuchitonhora. Yasvika nguva yekugadzirisa zvakaputsika bhajeti rekutanga, uye titange kuisa zvido zvevanhu pamusoro pemakaro ePentagon - uye Seneti inogona kutanga nekupfuura Senator Sanders 'amend kuti icheke bhajeti repamusoro neinosvika gumi muzana.
- Erica Fein, Senior Washington Director paWin Without War
“Takave nezvakawanda zvebhajeti remauto riri kuramba richiwedzera kubva kuvatongi vemitemo vasingatsigire zvinhu zvakaita sezvivakwa, dzidzo yehucheche, uye kuchengetwa kwemazino kuvakuru vedu. Iyo Wicker Amendment inobata zvinonyadzisa kune imwe madhora 25 bhiriyoni, pamusoro peiyo $37 bhiriyoni iyo manejimendi neCongress vakatowedzera kubhajeti remauto. Asi pane imwe sarudzo. Senator Sanders 'akaronga kuderedzwa zvine mwero kwaizotanga kuisa mimwe miganho pakushandiswa kwePentagon kekutanga mumakore. "
– Lindsay Koshgarian, Program Director, National Priorities Project paInstitute for Policy Studies
"Hapana chikonzero chekuti Congress iwedzere kuwedzera mari pazvombo nehondo apo ichicheka mari inogona kuwanikwa mune zvinodiwa nevanhu. FCNL inogamuchira zvigadziriso zvinovavarira kudzoreredza nzira iyi ine ngozi yekupambadza mari yePentagon. "
- Allen Hester, Mumiriri Wemitemo pamusoro peNuclear Disarmament & Pentagon Kushandisa, Shamwari Komiti yeNyika Mitemo
"Seneta Sanders anofanirwa kuombera maoko nekuzivisa hurongwa hwake hwekuvhota kuti kwete pamusoro pehukukutu hwebhiri, chimwe chinhu chisina kana nhengo imwe chete yeImba yakaita. Panzvimbo pekuwedzera kweCongress kana kuwedzera kweCongress kana iyo isati yasvika neWhite House, tinoda zvikuru kuderera kwemari yehondo, kudyara mune zvinodiwa nevanhu uye zvakatipoteredza, kushandurwa kwehupfumi kune vashandi mumaindasitiri ehondo, uye kutanga kumujaho wezvombo wakadzokera kumashure.”
- David Swanson, Executive Director, World BEYOND War
"Maseneta akatowedzera danho rekudzivirira nemadhora 25 bhiriyoni pakutanga kwegore rino, zvichipesana nechikumbiro chevakuru vepamusoro muDhipatimendi reDziviriro. Vangadai vakasarudza kutungamira iyo $25 bhiriyoni kune ngarava dzengarava, uye havana. Vagadziri vemitemo havafanirwe kuwedzera imwezve mabhiriyoni makumi maviri nemashanu emadhora kubhajeti rekudzivirira panguva yekupokana kweNDAA. The SHIPYARD Act kunyanya haina basa, uye yaizopa Navy hari hombe yemari isina kuzvidavirira uye nekutarisa mashandisirwo emari. Mari yemutero iri panjodzi nechikumbiro ichi. "
- Andrew Lautz, Mutungamiriri weFederal Policy, National Taxpayers Union
"Tingatofunga sei kugovera huwandu hwehukuru uhu kuPentagon apo nyika yedu yakatarisana nematambudziko akakura maererano nekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, hudzvanyiriri hwemarudzi, kuwedzera kusaenzana kwehupfumi uye denda riri kuramba richienderera mberi? Tinoziva kuti chikamu chikuru chemari iyi chichaguma chave muhomwe yevagadziri vezvombo nevatengesi uko chisingazobatsire kuchengetedzeka kwenyika yedu kana rugare rwepasi rose.
- Hanzvadzi Karen Donahue, RSM, Sisters of Mercy of the Americas Justice Team
"Vhiki imwe chete mushure memamiriro ekunze uye vanorwira runyararo vakaungana muGlasgow kuda kuti vatungamiriri vepasi rose vatore danho remamiriro ekunze nekuyera kubuda kwegasi rinopisa remauto, maSeneta edu ari kufunga kubvumidza bhajeti rePentagon remabhiriyoni mazana masere emadhora. Panzvimbo pekutora dambudziko remamiriro ekunze riri kuenderera mberi zvakanyanya, US iri kushandisa kutyisidzira kwekushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze kuita pamutemo kushandisa mari zvakanyanya paPentagon, iyo ine yakakura kabhoni uye greenhouse gasi tsoka yeimwe sangano pasi rose. Kuwedzera huni kumoto une ngozi uyu, kuwedzera kwemadhora mabhiriyoni makumi matanhatu emadhora ekushandisa muchiuto kuchawedzera zvakanyanya hondo yeUnited States paChina, uye mukuita izvi, kuedza kuputsa kushandira pamwe neChina pamatambudziko aripo senge kupararira kwenyukireya uye kuderedza kushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze. .”
- Carley Towne, CODEPINK National Co-Director
"Zvatopfuura nguva kuita kuti Pentagon izvidavirire pakurasa kwayo kukuru, hutsotsi, uye kushungurudzwa. Kekutanga mumakumi emakore, US yabuda muhondo, uye zvakadaro Congress inoramba ichisimudza bhajeti rePentagon, zvisinei nekuti Pentagon inoramba ichitadza kupasa ongororo. Sezvo nharaunda dzedu dzichinetseka kuwana chokurarama nacho, vagadziri vezvombo uye makondirakiti emauto vari kuramba vachipfuma. Tinokurudzira Congress kuti irambe kuedza kuwedzera bhajeti remauto kupfuura chikumbiro cheMutungamiri Biden, uye kuti vatsigire matanho ekudzoreredza bhajeti rePentagon. "
- Mac Hamilton, Women's Action for New Directions (WAND) Advocacy Director
“Kushandiswa kwechiuto hakuchadzoreki, nepo zvisingaverengeki zvinodiwa mudzimba zvisingakwaniswi. Chitima chinotiza chePentagon largesse chinoparadza uye chinoparadza. Sanders ari kuyedza kuunza hungwaru kune imwe nzvimbo isingachinjike. "
- Norman Solomon, National Director, RootsAction.org
"Sezvo Seneti inofunga nezve NDAA, panofanirwa kukurumidza kucheka bhajeti rePentagon rakaputika. Zvinokosheswa nenyika yedu, sezvinoratidzwa mubhajeti remubatanidzwa, zvakarasika zvakanyanya. Tinofanira kuburitsa pachena basa revakondirakiti vemauto akazvimiririra, nezvikwata zvikuru zvevamiriri, vanobatsirwa nehuwandu hunonyadzisa hwehomwe yenyika yedu yakashandiswa pahurongwa hwezvombo. Pane kudaro, isu tinofanirwa kudzoreredza zvazvinoreva kuve "simba" senyika, uye nekuchinja zviwanikwa kuti tipindure kune kutyisidzira kuripo kubva mukushanduka kwemamiriro ekunze, kusaenzana uye denda.
- Johnny Zokovich, Executive Director, Pax Christi USA
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