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On the recordJune 6, 2026
"$1.5 trillion, or $1,500,000,000,000. That is the egregious and dangerously irresponsible amount of money the Trump Administration has requested for military spending."
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John Garamendi
Democratic · California

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On military spending in the FY27 NDAA

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