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On the recordMarch 8, 2017
This defense budget request and the additional funding that our military needs is literally illegal under the Budget Control Act.
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Jack Reed
Democratic · Rhode Island

Editor's note · Context

Reed criticizes the Budget Control Act for hindering military funding.

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