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Mike Levin: “If it turns out otherwise when the midterm review is completed, despite that best estimate on the part of the Secretary…”

On the recordJune 25, 2002
If it turns out otherwise when the midterm review is completed, despite that best estimate on the part of the Secretary of Defense, will the amendment still authorize the expenditure of that $814 million in the ways specified? In other words, if it turns out to be inaccurate and there is only $600 million in savings, am I not correct that the amendment would nonetheless authorize the $814 million?
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Mike Levin
Democratic · California

Editor's note · Context

Questioning the implications of a defense funding amendment during a legislative discussion.

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