Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) in a June 16 letter blasted legislative efforts to include women in the draft after several Senate Republicans voted in favor of a measure that would do just that.
In the letter, exclusively obtained by The Epoch Times, Roy called for the removal of a Senate-approved provision of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)—the annual military spending omnibus package—that would require women to apply for the Selective Service System (SSS).
That provision won the support of seven Republicans in the Senate Armed Services Committee: Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.)….