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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...

January 20, 2023
Weekly Reports Wicker Promotes Merit over Quotas at the Pentagon DEI Initiatives Distract from Readiness Efforts 06 6 2023 Press Releases Wicker Introduces Bill to Protect Merit Based Military Counter CRT...

June 10, 2024
workforce through provisions in last year s NDAA One way we blunted their efforts was through the MERIT Act I wrote this law to preserve the tradition of personal responsibility that has always characterized...the left had proposed factoring in demographic identity when making personnel decisions at DOD The MERIT Act requires the Pentagon to focus on a candidate s individual achievement when evaluating them for...Services Committee will move forward on the next NDAA In it I will introduce measures to strengthen the MERIT Act and I am committed to making sure DOD follows the entirety of this important annual legislation...

October 13, 2021
Wokeâ Instruction Training Armed Services Leader Conducts Rigorous Oversight of DEI Focuses on Merit Based Agenda 08 7 2023 Weekly Reports Wicker Leads Passage of Senate Defense Bill U S Military Bill...

November 6, 2023
equipping men and women in uniform To that end I introduced the MERIT Act This bill would force the Pentagon to focus on individual merit not group identity when promoting soldiers Our service members put...

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...

January 17, 2024
Relief Efforts Everyone Plays a Role this Hurricane Season 06 12 2023 Weekly Reports Wicker Promotes Merit over Quotas at the Pentagon DEI Initiatives Distract from Readiness Efforts 06 5 2023 Weekly Reports...

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