Out of the last cr vote that ultimately will see an increase on defense spending, that budget caps would be lifted. What message do you have for leadership as far as breaking the impass and getting to a larger deal to fund the federal government . Sen. Inhoff but we have to do is get away from these crs. When i started it was understood we would have appropriation bills. We have 12 appropriation bills and we have not quite frankly there is a partisan elements of this. We have tried to pass them out and we cant get them on the floor. As you know, a minority can block them from coming up on the floor. As far as the one that has to pass, it is the for our national one defense. We have to get past the budget caps. We have to get i will give you an example. If we dont do anything as it is right now when we pass the authorization bill for the military, its at 700 billion. If for some reason we cant get beyond the caps and we have to go to a strict cr, thats going to go down to 549 billion an
The committee will reconvene at this time and we will begin with questioning from mr. Barra from california. You know, its you know, this is a tough day today. But its with thanks to the capitol police, its thanks to the men and women that not only protect us, but all across this country, protect not only communities across the country, but men and women around the world protecting who we are. You know, i have stated this previously in committee. A world led by American Leadership is a better world and we can see that if we look back on the second half of the 20th century and the post world order. American leadership, leading with our values, with our morals has created a better world and most around the world recognize that. Thats really been predicated on a Foreign Policy plank that has three legs. Certainly our defense, but also development and diplomacy. And my concern with this budget is it cuts off two of those legs on that stool. That stool is going to collapse. It devastates th
The committee will reconvene at this time and we will begin with questioning from mr. Barra from california. You know, its you know, this is a tough day today. But its with thanks to the capitol police, its thanks to the men and women that not only protect us, but all across this country, protect not only communities across the country, but men and women around the world protecting who we are. You know, i have stated this previously in committee. A world led by American Leadership is a better world and we can see that if we look back on the second half of the 20th century and the post world order. American leadership, leading with our values, with our morals has created a better world and most around the world recognize that. Thats really been predicated on a Foreign Policy plank that has three legs. Certainly our defense, but also development and diplomacy. And my concern with this budget is it cuts off two of those legs on that stool. That stool is going to collapse. It devastates th
The committee will reconvene at this time and we will begin with questioning from mr. Barra from california. You know, its you know, this is a tough day today. But its with thanks to the capitol police, its thanks to the men and women that not only protect us, but all across this country, protect not only communities across the country, but men and women around the world protecting who we are. You know, i have stated this previously in committee. A world led by American Leadership is a better world and we can see that if we look back on the second half of the 20th century and the post world order. American leadership, leading with our values, with our morals has created a better world and most around the world recognize that. Thats really been predicated on a Foreign Policy plank that has three legs. Certainly our defense, but also development and diplomacy. And my concern with this budget is it cuts off two of those legs on that stool. That stool is going to collapse. It devastates th
The committee will reconvene at this time and we will begin with questioning from mr. Barra from california. You know, its you know, this is a tough day today. But its with thanks to the capitol police, its thanks to the men and women that not only protect us, but all across this country, protect not only communities across the country, but men and women around the world protecting who we are. You know, i have stated this previously in committee. A world led by American Leadership is a better world and we can see that if we look back on the second half of the 20th century and the post world order. American leadership, leading with our values, with our morals has created a better world and most around the world recognize that. Thats really been predicated on a Foreign Policy plank that has three legs. Certainly our defense, but also development and diplomacy. And my concern with this budget is it cuts off two of those legs on that stool. That stool is going to collapse. It devastates th