Project Atom had an overarching constraint that the force postures the teams recommended must be possible within approximately $35 billion per year in constant 2013 dollars, comprising 4 to 5 percent of the defense budget.
Discussing budget constraints for nuclear deterrence recommendations.
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I have one additional speaker. I yield 1 minute to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Arrington).
First, I thank the ranking member, my friend, Mr. Smith, who has been an outstanding partner. The Democratic staff has been very, very good to work with in fashioning this bill in a bipartisan fashion with our Republican staff, and I thank…
May I inquire as to how much time is remaining. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The gentleman from Alabama has 11 minutes remaining.
I encourage my colleagues to support this en bloc package, and I yield back the balance of my time.
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