Chip Cravaack: “I think it is absolutely outrageous what happened to those soldiers.…”

On the recordJuly 20, 2011

I think it is absolutely outrageous what happened to those soldiers. As a military officer for 24 years, and as an airline pilot for 17 years, I think it is absolutely heinous what happened to those soldiers. Quite frankly, it's outrageous. And I think we should ask Chairman Mica for open debate on this issue. It's something that definitely should be taken a look into. As a matter of fact, I think it is so critical I will ask Chairman Mica to make sure that this never happens to another United States servicemember. But, unfortunately, Madam Chairman, we're bringing this up on a motion to recommit. My question would be, why didn't we bring this up earlier, this act? We should be debating this when----

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Chip Cravaack

Minnesota

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Jul 20, 2011

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