SENATORS ROSEN & LANKFORD, REPRESENTATIVE BELL CALL FOR DEFENSE BILL TO KEEP PROVISION REQUIRING CONSISTENT HATE SYMBOL POLICY ACROSS MILITARY BRANCHES

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Jacky Rosen issued the following press release:

WASHINGTON, DC - U.S. Senators Jacky Rosen (D-NV) and James Lankford (R-OK), co-founders and co-chairs of the Senate Bipartisan Task Force for Combating Antisemitism, and Representative Wesley Bell (D-MO-01) called on the Senate and House Armed Services Committees to retain a provision in the final 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) requiring the Department of Defense to establish a single, department-wide policy on hate symbols. Existing hate symbol policies vary across branches of military service, creating inconsistent standards and potential enforcement gaps when it comes to addressing the display of hateful imagery, including swastikas and nooses. A...