the bill that funds out military heads to the senate, under a cloud of controversy. after some house republicans used the normally bipartisan legislation, to advance their culture war agenda. abortion restrictions for service members were stripped away, as we re efforts to diversify and grow our military, at a time it s leaders say they desperately need recruits. the bill ultimately passed yesterday, an hour ago, but, not after several republicans made defendant or backtracked on comments that brought race into the defense conversation. one gop congressman kept office healths for speech thursday, using a term, that never that always evokes jim crow. i ll ask a black member of the house armed services committee, who was there on the floor, for his reaction in just a minute.