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Kendrick Meek: “The reason why they have been very secretive in classifying everything is that the Congress has not demanded more, not…”

On the recordSeptember 25, 2006
The reason why they have been very secretive in classifying everything is that the Congress has not demanded more, not only for Members of Congress such as myself who serve on two national security committees here, either be Homeland Security Committee as the ranking member of the Subcommittee on Oversight or a member of several subcommittees in Armed Services. So, when we read about these things, we have to read about it in the paper. They did not elect us to come up here and read the paper just like the average American and expect us to govern because we do not have an opportunity to govern here because the Republicans are in the majority, and they continue this kind of atmosphere. The Army right now, they need additional billions to be able to keep up with what is happening in the war in Iraq and other commitments not only throughout the world but domestically.
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Kendrick Meek
Florida
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Addressing concerns about government secrecy and military funding during a speech on national security.

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