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Tom Cotton: “Congress has done no small part to hamstring the Army over the last 5 years due to the Budget Control Act and…”

On the recordMarch 21, 2017
Congress has done no small part to hamstring the Army over the last 5 years due to the Budget Control Act and sequestration and the stop and start nature of our appropriations process.
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Tom Cotton
Republican · Arkansas

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Criticism of Congress for budget issues affecting Army readiness.

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