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Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2010--Resumed

Floor Speech

Date: Dec. 18, 2009
Location: Washington, DC
Issues: Defense

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2010--Resumed -- (Senate - December 18, 2009)

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Mr. WICKER. Will the Senator yield?

Mr. BARRASSO. Yes.

Mr. WICKER. Isn't the Senator from Wyoming saying that the troops he spoke to, and the troops we are going to fund in the next day or so with this legislation, want a strong country to come back to, and they would be happy if we were standing firm today, this weekend, to prevent the ever-increasing deficits, to prevent this country from being burdened with larger and larger debt, to protect the programs that they will come back to, and to make sure Medicare is not cut even further?

Isn't the Senator saying these troops expect us to be standing for the financial strength of this country so they can have the same America to come back to that they volunteered to fight for?

Mr. BARRASSO. Mr. President, that is exactly what I am saying. My colleague from Mississippi is so right.

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