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Department of Defense Appropriatiations Act, 2007

Floor Speech

Date: Aug. 4, 2007
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense Government Budget and Spending

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2007

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Mr. ISSA. Mr. Chairman, I can take "yes'' for an answer. Thank you both very much.

The Issa amendment simply prevents the Intelligence portion of the DOD Appropriations bill to be made public.

The budget total for the National Intelligence Program is now authorized to be made public in a provision that was included in the conference report to H.R. 1.

No amendments were allowed during the Conference to fix this problem. The original House-passed version of H.R. 1 did not include this provision.

With so many threats to our Nation's security, it makes no sense to disclose vital information to our enemies.

Traditionally, this number has remained classified for good reason.

Mr. Chairman, I yield back the balance of my time.


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