Team,
BLUF: Don Bacon is not a random House member. He represents Nebraska’s 2nd District, he is a retired Air Force Brigadier General, he sits on the House Armed Services Committee, and he chairs the HASC Cyber, Information Technologies, and Innovation Subcommittee.
HASC means the House Armed Services Committee. It is the committee that handles major defense policy, the National Defense Authorization Act, military personnel issues, and the defense legislative process.
That is why Bacon’s excuse matters.
Bacon is now saying he has a commitment from the HASC Chairman to put the bill up for a vote, and that this is “better” than signing the H.Res. 1247 discharge petition.
It is not better.
- A HASC Chairman commitment is not a discharge petition signature.
- A committee controlled process is not the same as forcing a House floor vote.
- “Working the Senate” is not Senate passage.
A private promise from leadership is not stronger than a public discharge petition that is only 15 signatures away from 218.
Here is the current situation:
H.Res. 1247 is at 203 signatures.
218 signatures forces action.
Only 15 more signatures are needed.
Don Bacon said he would sign.
Don Bacon has not signed.
Don Bacon crossed party lines and signed a discharge petition for Ukraine.
Now he is asking combat injured, medically retired American veterans to trust a private HASC process instead of adding his public signature.
No.
This is exactly how Washington kills momentum.
They take a public vote path, move it into private committee control, tell veterans a better deal is coming, and then ask everyone to wait.
We are done waiting.
The demand is simple:
Don Bacon must sign H.Res. 1247 now.
Contact Congressman Bacon’s office today:
Phone:
202 225 4155
Chief of Staff:
Mark E. Dreiling
Mark.Dreiling@mail.house.gov
Legislative Director:
Matthew Duglin
Matthew.Duglin@mail.house.gov
Message to deliver:
Congressman Bacon is a HASC member, a HASC subcommittee chairman, and a retired Air Force Brigadier General. He knows exactly what a discharge petition is. He crossed party lines and signed one for Ukraine. He said he would sign H.Res. 1247. A HASC Chairman commitment is not better than a public signature. He needs to keep his word and sign H.Res. 1247 now.
Call script:
Hello, my name is ________.
I am calling about H.Res. 1247 and the Major Richard Star Act.
Congressman Bacon said he would sign the discharge petition.
He has not signed.
Now he says a HASC Chairman commitment is better.
It is not better.
The petition is only 15 signatures away from 218. Combat injured veterans do not need another private promise. They need Congressman Bacon’s public signature on H.Res. 1247.
Please deliver this message directly to Chief of Staff Mark Dreiling and Legislative Director Matthew Duglin:
Sign H.Res. 1247 now.
Action:
Call.
Email.
Share.
Repeat.
Do not accept “this is better.”
Do not debate private committee promises.
Do not let HASC become the excuse that freezes the final 15 signatures.
Don Bacon said he would sign.
Now he needs to sign H.Res. 1247.