Committee hears memorial urging limits on National Guard overseas deployments
Representative Alex Carlados presented House Joint Memorial 13 requesting that Congress restrict overseas deployment of National Guard units to instances provided for in the U.S. Constitution; committee members questioned historical context and readiness concerns.
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Representative Alex Carlados told the House Committee on Rules that House Joint Memorial 13 would ask Congress to limit overseas deployment of National Guard units to purposes enumerated in the U.S. Constitution, such as enforcing federal law, suppressing insurrections and repelling invasions.
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