Tony Thurmond: “I urge the Senate to oppose the drastic cuts proposed by the Wellstone…”

On the recordJune 26, 1996

I urge the Senate to oppose the drastic cuts proposed by the Wellstone amendment. Senator Nunn and I had planned to introduce an amendment to cut the funding by $1.7 billion to bring the bill into compliance with the budget resolution. However, the Senator from Nebraska objected. I want to put the Senate on notice that we will introduce our amendment after Senator Exon completes his amendment. I urge the Senate to support this amendment of the Armed Services Committee to reduce the funding level of the bill by $1.7 billion.

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Opposing the Wellstone amendment and advocating for funding cuts during Senate debate.

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