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Chris Van Hollen: I just point out to my colleagues that both of what we are referring to as Price 1 and Price 2 are a total violation of…

On the recordMarch 24, 2015
I just point out to my colleagues that both of what we are referring to as Price 1 and Price 2 are a total violation of what the Budget Committee, on a bipartisan basis, has said we would not do with respect to using the overseas contingency account as a slush fund. Both Price 1 and Price 2 do that to different degrees. If you want to fund defense in the straightforward manner that the military leadership has recommended to the President and the President has put in the budget, then you should support the Democratic alternative. Mr. Chairman, I reserve the balance of my time. {time} 1715
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Chris Van Hollen
Democratic · Maryland
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Mar 24, 2015

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