The military must also have a sufficient budget top line, and I have serious doubts that the Administration's budget request provides all of the resources necessary to deter an aggressive China and to deal with other global threats.
Tester questions the adequacy of the military budget to address global threats, particularly from China.
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I think it's really important for food security. The folks -- this is a ban against China, Russia, North Korea and Iran, folks who don't want to see us exist anymore as a nation.
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