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On the recordApril 24, 2013
It is inappropriate to make national defense absorb over 60 percent of the cuts in the Budget Control Act, when it is only 16 percent, 17 percent of total Federal Government spending.
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Mike Rogers
Republican · Alabama

Editor's note · Context

Arguing against disproportionate cuts to national defense in budget discussions.

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