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June 16, 2023
Twitter Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker to Introduce Merit Act as NDAA Amendment Armed Services Leader Committee Must Pursue Deterrence Focused Agenda June 16...Armed Services Committee today announced that he would be proposing his Military Merit Fairness and Equality Act of 2023 Merit Act as an amendment to the FY24 National Defense Authorization Act The legislation...of Defense from prioritizing the demographic characteristics of service members above individual merit and demonstrated performance will now be considered by members of the Senate Armed Services Committee...
June 12, 2023
Twitter Instagram YouTube Newsletter Signup Weekly Report Home News Weekly Report Wicker Promotes Merit over Quotas at the Pentagon DEI Initiatives Distract from Readiness Efforts June 12 2023 The U S military...distraction At worst it is a dangerous dereliction of duty In response I recently introduced the Merit Act legislation that would keep the Department of Defense from prioritizing demographics above accomplishment...respect not public virtue signaling Maintaining a Culture of Merit Worse still focusing on these social issues erodes the armed forces culture of merit based promotion Some on the left would like to make demographic...
June 6, 2023
YouTube Newsletter Signup Press Releases Home News Press Releases Wicker Introduces Bill to Protect Merit Based Military Counter CRT Armed Services Leader Military Readiness Depends on the Guarantee of Equal...prioritizing the demographic characteristics of service members above individual merit and demonstrated performance Titled the Military Merit Fairness and Equality Act of 2023 the measure is Wicker s latest effort...My legislation would stop this overreaching social policy at its source and protect the values of merit and equal opportunity that have made our military the most powerful in the world The Pentagon must...
August 8, 2023
for Woke Instruction Training Armed Services Leader Conducts Rigorous Oversight of DEI Focuses on Merit Based Agenda August 8 2023 WASHINGTON In case you missed it this weekend the Washington Examiner editorial...accounting of the scope scale and content of DEI instruction The effort follows the passage of Wicker s MERIT Act in the Senate s National Defense Authorization Act which also included several other provisions...accountability at our service academies Read the full editorial below or here Read more about Wicker s MERIT Act and other important deterrence focused provisions in the FY24 NDAA here The DEI threat to our...
July 3, 2023
efforts to rein in the woke bureaucracy and we passed a bill I wrote called the Merit Act I wrote that act to ensure merit not demographic identity is the top factor in servicemember promotion Laws like...
August 7, 2023
bureaucracy that distracts from their core deterrence mission In response I authored the MERIT Act which would ensure that merit not demographics remains the top factor in service member promotions Mississippi...
July 9, 2008
provides a responsible way forward that will ensure the Air Force tanker contract is awarded on the merits of the proposals With the current tanker fleet consisting of planes that are on average 47 years...
February 29, 2008
of Defense Robert Gates and asked the Secretary to ensure the tanker award would be based on the merits of the proposals This decision will lead to the creation of up to 2 000 Gulf Coast jobs Wicker added...
January 29, 2024
family members to enlist Last year I authored and successfully passed a law to stop that problem My MERIT Act makes individual excellence not group identity the top factor considered in military promotions...
April 14, 2008
making its decision on the tanker contract the Air Force made an objective judgment based on the merits of the two competing proposals The facts should be allowed to speak for themselves and this contract...
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