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Steve Womack: “Providing for the common defense is, in my judgment, our highest constitutional duty.”

On the recordMarch 9, 2020
Providing for the common defense is, in my judgment, our highest constitutional duty.
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Steve Womack
Republican · Arkansas

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Womack emphasizes Congress's responsibility in funding national defense.

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