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Chet Edwards: “I keep hearing we should not give the Department of Defense special treatment. But the truth is if every Federal agency…”

On the recordMarch 10, 1994
I keep hearing we should not give the Department of Defense special treatment. But the truth is if every Federal agency had been cut like the Department of Defense, we would not even have a deficit problem. The Frank amendment will not reduce the deficit by one dime. What it will do is cut military training, COLA's, housing, and possibly even health care to open the door for pork-barrel politics. Above all, $2.4 billion in extra cuts would mean we are willing to put the lives of our military personnel at greater risk in future conflicts. We have no right to do that. Vote ``no'' on the Frank amendment.
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Chet Edwards
Texas
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Opposing the Frank amendment during a debate on defense budget cuts.

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