{"id":2486763,"date":"2025-09-15T16:01:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:01:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-says-national-defense-bill-will-help-arizona\/"},"modified":"2025-09-15T16:04:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-15T20:04:20","slug":"congressman-says-national-defense-bill-will-help-arizona","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/congressman-says-national-defense-bill-will-help-arizona\/","title":{"rendered":"Congressman says national defense bill will help Arizona"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcongressman-says-national-defense-bill-will-help-arizona%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2486763&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article reports on U.S. Representative Abe Hamadeh of Arizona expressing support for the recently approved National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The House passed the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/hispanic-caucus-takes-aim-at-african-american-veterans-service-on-key-panel\/\" title=\"Hispanic Caucus Takes Aim at African-...n Veteran\u2019s Service on Key Panel\">annual defense bill<\/a> with bipartisan backing, with 231 votes in favor. Hamadeh highlighted that the legislation prioritizes American <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White ... Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">service members<\/a> and reflects a continuation of the &#8220;America First&#8221; and &#8220;Peace through Strength&#8221; agendas. He emphasized the bill&#8217;s benefits for Arizona, notably defending Luke Air Force Base&#8217;s leadership and infrastructure, including improvements to combat frequent air conditioning failures. Key provisions include a 3.8% pay raise for military personnel, investments in National Guard equipment, and enhanced oversight of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-touts-critical-race-theory-in-national-security-strategy\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Touts Critical Race Theory in National Security Strategy\">suicide prevention efforts<\/a> under the Brandon Act. The bill now moves to a conference committee to reconcile differences with the Senate version, which has a higher budget. Hamadeh called the NDAA a bipartisan victory that delivers necessary resources and accountability for troops and taxpayers alike. <br \/> <!DOCTYPE html><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Congressman says <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/my-wife-told-me-if-i-supported-it-shed-campaign-against-me-chip-roy-pans-womens-draft-bill\/\" title=\"\u2018My Wife Told Me If I Supported It She\u2019d Campaign Against Me\u2019: Chip Roy Pans Women\u2019s Draft Bill\">national defense bill<\/a> will help Arizona<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_2231810\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>(The Center Square) &ndash; U.S. Rep. Abe Hamadeh, R-<a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Arizona<\/a>, is proud of his vote in favor of the&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.congress.gov\/bill\/119th-congress\/senate-bill\/2296\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">National Defense Authorization Act<\/a>&nbsp;and likes what it means for his state.<\/p>\n<p>The U.S. House approved the annual <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/legislation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">legislation<\/a> Wednesday by a vote of 231-196. The vote was&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/clerk.house.gov\/Votes\/2025262\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">bipartisan<\/a>, with 214 Republicans and 17 Democrats voting for the NDAA. Those voting against it consisted of 192 Democrats and four Republicans.<\/p>\n<div class=\"recommended-stories\">\n<h2>Recommended Stories<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/3808079\/gop-opposition-spending-deal-risk-ahead-shutdown-deadline\/\">Mounting GOP opposition puts spending deal at risk ahead of shutdown deadline<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/3807602\/trump-judge-extends-pause-removal-unaccompanied-guatemalan-children\/\">Trump judge extends pause on removal of unaccompanied Guatemalan children<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/3808041\/gavin-newsom-big-tech-agriculture-signing-bills-2028\/\">Newsom risks alienating Big Tech, Agriculture ahead of 2028 by signing bills approved by legislature<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>The House and Senate must reconcile their different versions through a conference committee. The House&rsquo;s version costs $883 billion; the Senate&rsquo;s, nearly $925 billion.<\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh said the NDAA includes &ldquo;key support&rdquo; for U.S. service members.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;This legislation, which put America first, passed on a bipartisan vote,&rdquo; Hamadeh told The Center Square in an email. &ldquo;To me, that shows that the America First message and the Peace through Strength agenda, set forth by President (Donald) Trump, are resonating with people of good will.&rdquo;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh said he views the elements of the NDAA as bipartisan victories for Arizona.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Not only are we delivering what our war fighters need, when they need it, we are increasing transparency and accountability,&rdquo; Hamadeh said. &ldquo;That took a lot of hard work, and I am very proud of what we have accomplished for the taxpayers and our service members.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh said he &ldquo;led the charge for Arizona&rsquo;s military communities&rdquo; by defending, among other things, Luke Air Force Base&rsquo;s One-Star General leadership. As a result, the NDAA &ldquo;requires the Secretary of the Air Force to report on operational impacts, workforce demands, and costs prior to downgrading the leadership of a major base&rdquo; such as Luke Air Force Base.<\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh shared&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecentersquare.com\/arizona\/article_b541ae04-f487-4acb-92ff-94b8f3a59c13.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">concerns<\/a>&nbsp;about a downgrade to The Center Square in June. At that time, the congressman noted the base, which is near Phoenix, trains 75% of the world&rsquo;s F-35 fighter pilots.<\/p>\n<p>Hamadeh said he fought for the NDAA to deliver reliable air conditioning for Luke Air Force Base. He said there have been &ldquo;constant breakdowns&rdquo; and &ldquo;sweltering conditions.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/3807228\/man-arrested-vandalizing-charlie-kirk-memorial-arizona\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">MAN ARRESTED AFTER VANDALIZING CHARLIE KIRK MEMORIAL IN ARIZONA<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Other highlights in the NDAA include a 3.8% pay raise for service members, increased investment in National Guard dump trucks and better oversight of suicide prevention efforts.<\/p>\n<p>As outlined in a&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/hamadeh.house.gov\/media\/press-releases\/congressman-hamadeh-advances-peace-through-strength-agenda-vote-fy26-ndaa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">press release<\/a>&nbsp;from Hamadeh, the secretary of war will now be required to report on <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >suicide prevention resources enacted<\/a> under The Brandon Act. The law was named after Brandon Caserta, a service member in Arizona that took his own life. U.S. Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Arizona, was co-leader on this 2021&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kelly.senate.gov\/newsroom\/press-releases\/in-the-news-kelly-backed-brandon-act-passes-in-annual-defense-bill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">measure<\/a>. The Defense Department began&nbsp;implementing&nbsp;the Act in 2023. (The Defense Department is now being known as the War Department as a secondary title under Trump&rsquo;s executive order until the president gets congressional approval to make &ldquo;War Department&rdquo; the primary name.)<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script> <\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rep: Defense bill benefits Arizona, passed with bipartisan support<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2869,"featured_media":2486764,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/arizona-rep-abe-hamadeh.webp?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[4472,5408,46596,4762,54170],"class_list":["post-2486763","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-arizona","tag-congressman","tag-defense-bill","tag-legislation","tag-national-defense"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/arizona-rep-abe-hamadeh.webp?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486763","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2869"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2486763"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486763\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2486771,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2486763\/revisions\/2486771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2486764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2486763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2486763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2486763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}