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Steve Stockman: We are pulling out of Afghanistan. We are chopping up billions and billions of dollars of equipment into little tiny…

On the recordJune 20, 2014
We are pulling out of Afghanistan. We are chopping up billions and billions of dollars of equipment into little tiny pieces. At the same time, our government is purchasing military equipment for our allies. This is a terrible waste of money. Our allies have expressed they want to come pick up the equipment. They are paying for it. We don't have to do anything. We don't have to chop it up. We can allow our allies to have it. This is a shameful waste of taxpayers' money. It is in the billions of dollars. I personally think this is a huge waste of money. I would ask that the Congress would consider this as reasonable. At the same time we are cutting up billions of dollars to military equipment, we turn around in this appropriation and buy the same equipment for our allies. I would ask that this would be considered and that the point of order that is being proposed, I ask also jurisdiction on why the point of order is in order. I reserve the balance of my time. Point of Order
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Steve Stockman
Texas
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Jun 20, 2014

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