It would be unrelated to the issue we have before us of the defense industry, but it does tell me that the figure that the committee feels will somehow be a cap for this year--and we want to remember that it is suggested that this cap is going to go up from year to year--that it is not going to be a very effective way of controlling money leaving the Defense Department to the executives, as the committee has intended. I think they are going to find this just as ineffective as the cap that has been in the law, as I have demonstrated in a previous chart that I have.
Chuck Grassley: “It would be unrelated to the issue we have before us of the defense industry, but it does tell me that the figure that…”
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Discussing the effectiveness of proposed budget caps in the defense industry.
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