Andrew P. Hunter said "I hope that this is the start of a bipartisan effort to put together a defense bill in the coming year which is adequate to serve our country's needs. Let me just tell my colleagues that from my perspective, and I heard the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) make a number of very, very good points with respect to inadequacies, I think we are about $50 billion short, and I think all of the studies that we have done, such as the CBO, which says that our equipment is short-funded about $30 billion a year. That means if we have to replace trucks, tanks, ships, planes, on a steady state just to keep them halfway modern, we need to spend an extra $30 billion a year in the defense area. We are underfunded on munitions." @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordNovember 28, 2001

I hope that this is the start of a bipartisan effort to put together a defense bill in the coming year which is adequate to serve our country's needs. Let me just tell my colleagues that from my perspective, and I heard the gentleman from California (Mr. Cunningham) make a number of very, very good points with respect to inadequacies, I think we are about $50 billion short, and I think all of the studies that we have done, such as the CBO, which says that our equipment is short-funded about $30 billion a year. That means if we have to replace trucks, tanks, ships, planes, on a steady state just to keep them halfway modern, we need to spend an extra $30 billion a year in the defense area. We are underfunded on munitions.

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Andrew P. Hunter

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Discussing the need for increased defense spending in light of military operations in Afghanistan.

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