Randall Cunningham: “there are some of the Members who got up and said they need to cut defense. We have cut defense $177 billion. Candidate…”

“there are some of the Members who got up and said they need to cut defense. We have cut defense $177 billion. Candidate Clinton said $60 billion would put us into bone marrow; $177 billion. Let me tell you how the administration and the liberals are trying to kill defense. First of all, the base closure, the savings is supposed to go to pay for the military in 1995 and out. They are living on bone marrow through 1994. But they cannot use the money for 1993 base closure because this administration is not funding it. We testified that environmental cleanup was going to cost much more. But it is costing more, and there is no savings from a lot of these bases. So our out years are being expanded. The NTC in my district, the base commander had to spend $30,000 for plywood to board it up because President Clinton will not fund BRAC 1993. The gentlewoman from California says we need to cut. There are $4 billion in social spending in the military bill, $45 million for pork barrel in her district. Let us cut out that $45 million from the gentlewoman from Colorado.”