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Norman D. Dicks: “Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to rise in strong opposition to this amendment. First of all, working together on a…”

On the recordFebruary 18, 2011
Thank you, Mr. Chairman. I want to rise in strong opposition to this amendment. First of all, working together on a bipartisan basis for the first time, we cut nearly $15 billion from the Obama budget request in 2011 for defense, and we did it on a very careful basis. This amendment would add another $56 billion to that cut. It would do damage to all of our acquisition programs. It would threaten the people in Iraq and Afghanistan and our efforts to conduct the global war on terrorism. So, again, I hope that on a very strong bipartisan basis we can reject this amendment.
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Feb 18, 2011

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The speaker opposes an amendment that would further cut defense spending.

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