Congress and the President should repeal the Budget Control Act immediately and return as soon as possible to at least the funding baseline proposed in Bob Gates' FY 2012 defense budget.
Tom Cotton: “Congress and the President should repeal the Budget Control Act immediately and return as soon as possible to at least…”
On the recordFebruary 3, 2015
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Cotton emphasizes the need to repeal budget cuts for military funding.
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