Letter: Gabbard misses the vote on important issues

Once again U.S. Rep. Tulsi Gabbard has missed the boat — I mean vote. So far this year she has missed 24.1% of the House votes. This gives her the ninth-worst record for voting this year.

It’s not like they weren’t important bills. Among those she missed: National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for Fiscal Year 2020; an amendment to the NDAA to prevent President Donald Trump “from launching a military strike on Iran without prior congressional approval; and the bill to reauthorize funding for the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund.

Nor did she vote to defeat a Republican bill “to develop low-yield, or tactical, nuclear weapons for use on specific battlefields.”

It seems to me, these are the same things she is always talking about. Important enough to campaign on, but not important enough for her to vote on.

James Pritchett

McCully-Moiliili

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