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Norman D. Dicks: “The allocation for the Defense bill has already been reduced by $9 billion. Funding for the research and development…”

On the recordJuly 7, 2011
The allocation for the Defense bill has already been reduced by $9 billion. Funding for the research and development title of the bill has been reduced from the 2011 level by nearly $2 billion. Further reductions risk harming critical technology development needed to keep current weapons relevant and needed to develop next generation weapons and technologies required to maintain the U.S. edge in military technologies. The reduction would adversely affect many systems now in development, including the Joint Strike Fighter, where we certainly do not want to fall behind, advanced submarine development, the long-range strike program, missile defense program, further development of precision weapons systems and many others. I urge my colleagues to reject this amendment.
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Jul 7, 2011

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