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On the recordMay 25, 2022
the number one job of this Congress, every Congress is to defend the Nation, and these budgets are woefully inadequate to the task.
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Lindsey Graham
Republican · South Carolina

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Graham emphasizes Congress's primary responsibility to defend the nation amid inadequate budgets.

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