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On the recordMay 25, 2022
Why should this Congress continue to add more and more money to the defense top line in the meantime if it can't be audited, if there is no accountability?
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Bill Lee
Republican · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Lee questions the justification for increasing defense spending without accountability.

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