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Joel Hefley: “I rise to support H.R. 3616, the National Defense Authorization Act for 1999. It is a bipartisan bill, it deserves…”

On the recordMay 19, 1998
I rise to support H.R. 3616, the National Defense Authorization Act for 1999. It is a bipartisan bill, it deserves strong bipartisan support, and I want to spend just the few brief moments that I have available to highlight the military construction aspects of this legislation. The Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities continues to be deeply concerned about the serious shortfalls in basic infrastructure. We are all talking about shortfalls, and they are there, and every single subcommittee chairman and ranking member will probably mention this, in military housing and other facilities that affect the readiness and training of the Armed Forces and the quality of life for military personnel and their families. The budget requested by the administration for 1999 continued a pattern of significant deterioration in funding programs by the Department of Defense for military construction.
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Joel Hefley
Republican · Colorado
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Discussing the National Defense Authorization Act for 1999 and military construction issues.

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