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.
Mike Rogers: “It is inappropriate to make national defense absorb over 60 percent of the cuts in the Budget Control Act, when it is…”
On the recordApril 24, 2013
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Arguing against disproportionate cuts to national defense in budget discussions.
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