On the recordSeptember 14, 1981
There is an increasing air of unreality over the defense budget process. Neither the increases nor the decreases can be identified with the specifics of a defense program.
Robert C. Byrd: “There is an increasing air of unreality over the defense budget process. Neither the increases nor the decreases can be…”
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Questioning administration defense budget cuts and commitments in the Persian Gulf.
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Feb 16, 2005
I hope that wherever you can share your views, you will, because it's pretty easy in history to see this.
Feb 16, 2005
I cannot support this item unless there are some limitations on it, unless Congress can exercise its power over the purse, as the Constitution provides.
Jan 23, 2007
Our service men and women, now more than ever, are depending on your leadership to put the military medical system on a new track.
Feb 16, 2005
Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
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