On the recordJanuary 24, 1980
Let us keep in mind all the time-every day, every year-that national security is the No. 1 priority-the No. 1 priority-because without national security, all of the other priorities do not count for very much.
Robert C. Byrd: “Let us keep in mind all the time-every day, every year-that national security is the No. 1 priority-the No. 1…”
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Speaking on national defense and foreign policy priorities.
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Jan 23, 2007
Promoting efficiency and preventing fraud in defense acquisitions will obviously be a high priority.
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.
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Why should Congress not have some limitations on this? It is the taxpayers' money.
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