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Mike Lee: “So the specific excess has to be identified and then the specific excess above the spending rates of this provision…”

On the recordNovember 29, 2011
So the specific excess has to be identified and then the specific excess above the spending rates of this provision would be limited to that military conflict.
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Mike Lee
Republican · Utah

Editor's note · Context

Discussing limitations on military spending in a resolution.

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