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Dan Burton: “I do not believe we should cut the Department of Defense any further. We have cut it too far already. I believe we…”

On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
I do not believe we should cut the Department of Defense any further. We have cut it too far already. I believe we should keep a strong national defense, but this is the vehicle for this. In addition to that, they are putting all of these issues, all of these countries, and all of these problems in one big bag, and saying, ``Take it or leave it.'' Some of these things I agree with. Some of these expenditures I agree with. Others I think are totally unnecessary and a waste of taxpayers' money. That is why it should come down here in a separate appropriations bill, in a separate vehicle, so we could debate these things independently and cut out the waste. If we did it that way, we would save the taxpayers money and still deal with most of these problems.
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Dan Burton
Indiana
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The speaker is addressing concerns about budget cuts to the Department of Defense and the appropriations process.

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