Meeks Passes Amendment Prohibiting Naming of DOD Assets After Confederacy
July 11, 2019
July 11, 2019
WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Gregory W. Meeks, D-New York, issued the following news release:
Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks successfully passed an amendment to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act, that would prohibit the Secretary for the Department of Defense (DOD) from naming DOD assets after someone who served or held a leadership position in the Confederacy, or after a city or battlefield made significant because of a Confederate victory. He released the follo . . .
Today, Congressman Gregory W. Meeks successfully passed an amendment to H.R. 2500, the National Defense Authorization Act, that would prohibit the Secretary for the Department of Defense (DOD) from naming DOD assets after someone who served or held a leadership position in the Confederacy, or after a city or battlefield made significant because of a Confederate victory. He released the follo . . .