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“let me add my strong support to that of the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) and the gentleman from South Carolina (Mr. Spence), and on behalf, I think, of the men and women who wear the uniform of the United States in all the services, for the Neumann budget. We asked the service leaders to tell us what they needed, what they were short this last year. They were pretty gutsy. Even though their commander in chief, I am sure, was not happy, they came forward and said, ``This is the list of things that we need,'' and they gave us a list of things like ammunition, spare parts, components for systems that cannot fly now. All of those things added up to $58 billion. The Neumann substitute stops the slight in national defense. It does not give us a lot of things, no new systems, but at least allows us to have enough ammunition so we can carry out the two-war scenario. If we really care about the mothers and fathers of this country, the best service we can give to them is to make sure that their youngsters come home alive in the time of a conflict. The Neumann substitute is the only vehicle we have here that keeps, as the gentleman from Florida (Mr. Young) said, the head of our military above the water. Please vote for the Nuemann substitute.”