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| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2013 |
May 18, 2012 |
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Pete Stark, D-CA
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"Rather than listen to the American people, House Republicans have chosen to do the opposite—further increasing defense spending in this legislation. They’ve added an additional $8 billion above the budget limits that were approved earlier this Congress as part of the Budget Control Act. This is why I joined with Representative Barbara Lee (D CA) to offer an amendment to cut that $8 billion from the defense authorization. Doing so would simply ensure that defense spending falls in line with the limits set by Republicans in their own Budget Control Act. Unfortunately, the amendment was not approved."
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| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2013 |
May 18, 2012 |
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Rush Holt, D-NJ
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"Let me begin by praising our ranking member, the gentleman from Washington, Representative Adam Smith. Ranking Member Smith brought forward a number of excellent proposals that would have significantly improved this bill, especially his effort to eliminate the indefinite detention provisions that were included in last year’s bill. He also supported efforts to rein in excess Pentagon spending by supporting Representative Barbara Lee’s amendment to trim $8 billion from the bill. Had the amendment passed, it would have restored the funding level in the bill to what Democrats and Republicans had agreed to in this year’s Federal budget bill."
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| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2013 |
May 18, 2012 |
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Laura Richardson, D-CA
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"I want to thank my good friend and colleague, Congressman Don Young of Alaska for working with me across the aisle and partnering with me on the amendment, Young/Richardson Amendment 141. This amendment calls for the expedited completion of the study of the Nation’s strategic ports called for in the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012 Conference Report 112 329."
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| National Defense Authorization Act For Fiscal Year 2013 |
May 18, 2012 |
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Phil Gingrey, R-GA
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"As it relates to the other end of the spectrum—providing terrorists the same rights as would be conferred to U.S. citizens, as would be the case if the amendment authored by Mr. Smith and Mr. Amash were to be adopted—their letter states that “… rewarding terrorists with greater rights for making it to the United States would actually incentivize them to come to our shores, or to recruit from within the United States, where they pose the greatest risk to the American people. Such a result is perverse.”"
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