Increasing defense spending at the expense of these other critical programs will not only make us less safe, but will undermine important investments key to our national competitiveness and our long-term security.
Tsongas warns that cuts to other programs could jeopardize national security.
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I would like to focus my concerns today on one particular topic highlighted in today's testimony and the hearing materials provided to members.
Like many of my colleagues, I have long been concerned by the Budget Control Act's [BCA's] spending caps on defense and the constraints it has placed on our ability to make thoughtful investments in areas needed to keep our country and our…
the proposed 30 percent cut to the State Department, a move over 120 retired generals and admirals spoke out against in a recent letter to Congress.
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