Andrew P. Hunter said "I want to ask the esteemed ranking member and anybody else who wants to speak on this, we have heard a number of statements about how much you love the troops. I do not have any influence with the President. The President is sending budgets down that do not pay for ammunition, do not give adequate pay to our troops, keep them on food stamps, do not give them spare parts and do not give them planes new enough to avoid a 55 crash a year crash rate. We all know what we are trying to do. We are trying to keep our money in the ammunition coffers so we do not spend that on other things and have empty ammunition coffers when the next war comes around. I want to ask the gentleman, will the gentleman work to get the $13 billion ammunition shortage plussed up to where it is at parity with what we need to fight the two wars?" @ PoliticalQuotes.com

On the recordJune 10, 1999

I want to ask the esteemed ranking member and anybody else who wants to speak on this, we have heard a number of statements about how much you love the troops. I do not have any influence with the President. The President is sending budgets down that do not pay for ammunition, do not give adequate pay to our troops, keep them on food stamps, do not give them spare parts and do not give them planes new enough to avoid a 55 crash a year crash rate. We all know what we are trying to do. We are trying to keep our money in the ammunition coffers so we do not spend that on other things and have empty ammunition coffers when the next war comes around. I want to ask the gentleman, will the gentleman work to get the $13 billion ammunition shortage plussed up to where it is at parity with what we need to fight the two wars?

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Andrew P. Hunter

Illinois

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Editor's note · Context

Addressing military funding and the needs of troops during a congressional debate.

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