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Kay Bailey Hutchison: the Secretary of the Army called me this morning and said if they cannot continue to plan for the expansion working with…

On the recordSeptember 6, 2007
the Secretary of the Army called me this morning and said if they cannot continue to plan for the expansion working with the community that it will hamper their efforts in training. It will require them to go to other places for training. It will cause the troops to have to train longer periods. They absolutely are against this amendment, and they are against the precedent of having Congress say: You cannot continue with expansion plans that are on the books. I urge a ``no'' vote.
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Kay Bailey Hutchison
Republican · Texas

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Opposing an amendment related to military training and expansion plans.

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