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Tom Harkin: “There are priorities to be met and, quite frankly, in this $271 billion defense budget, it is my feeling--and I looked…”

On the recordJune 24, 1998
There are priorities to be met and, quite frankly, in this $271 billion defense budget, it is my feeling--and I looked at it, I am on Defense Appropriations, I have looked at it and I, quite frankly, believe that the Secretary could find $329 million out of that. I don't think it would do any damage to our readiness, our capabilities overseas or anything else. Quite frankly, I have some comments I was going to talk about--but I decided not to because the hour is late--in terms of what some of the IG offices found in terms of waste and inefficiencies in procurement, in warehousing and things within the Department of Defense. With a little bit more oversight and control on those, I think they can yield great dividends and can be used on this.
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Tom Harkin
Democratic · Iowa
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Discussing potential budget cuts in the defense budget during a House floor debate.

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