Lawmakers from both sides of the aisle are banding together to urge the DeptofDefense to comply with congressional requests for information, with SenRickScott and SenWarren leading the charge.
The pair wrote a letter to Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel Gilbert Cisneros on Thursday, pressing the defense official to follow up with several information requests by Congress members on the Senate Armed Services Military Personnel Subcommittee. The letter reiterates concerns from lawmakers that were expressed during a recent subcommittee hearing in which senators lamented a lack of cooperation from the DOD.
Scott and Warren outlined a number of requests made by both Republican and Democratic senators over the last three months that have been ignored by the DOD. In one case, Sen. Ted Budd requested information from Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin regarding his reproductive healthcare directives in the military. That request was sent on March 15 and has not been fulfilled.
Sens. Mark Kelly and Tim Kaine wrote a joint letter requesting information from the DOD on the Brandon Act, a bill seeking to protect service members seeking help related to mental health emergencies. That request was due to the committee on March 1 but was never submitted.Several of the outstanding requests from lawmakers have been issued multiple times, according to the lawmakers, prompting concerns about a lack of compliance by the department.
The letter pressed the DOD to fulfill the requests “as soon as possible,” but the lawmakers did not threaten any action if defense officials do not comply.
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