[Congressional Record Volume 140, Number 62 (Wednesday, May 18, 1994)]
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[Congressional Record: May 18, 1994]
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                 MILITARY BEING CUT TO THE BONE MARROW

  (Mr. CUNNINGHAM asked and was given permission to address the House 
for 1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. CUNNINGHAM. Mr. Speaker, there are some of the Members who got up 
and said they need to cut defense. We have cut defense $177 billion.
  Candidate Clinton said $60 billion would put us into bone marrow; 
$177 billion.
  Let me tell you how the administration and the liberals are trying to 
kill defense. First of all, the base closure, the savings is supposed 
to go to pay for the military in 1995 and out. They are living on bone 
marrow through 1994. But they cannot use the money for 1993 base 
closure because this administration is not funding it.
  We testified that environmental cleanup was going to cost much more. 
But it is costing more, and there is no savings from a lot of these 
bases. So our out years are being expanded.
  The NTC in my district, the base commander had to spend $30,000 for 
plywood to board it up because President Clinton will not fund BRAC 
1993.
  The gentlewoman from California says we need to cut. There are $4 
billion in social spending in the military bill, $45 million for pork 
barrel in her district.
  Let us cut out that $45 million from the gentlewoman from Colorado.

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