Senate Proceeding 10-06-09 on Oct 6th, 2009 :: 2:56:20 to 2:57:35
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Patrick Leahy: and their equipping. mr. leahy: mr. president? the presiding officer: the senator from vmont. mr. leahy: mr. president, i'm the vice chair of the national guard caucus. i would oppose this. it means the taxpayers are going to pay for an additional layer of the national guard and reserves' spending decisions. going to spend a whole lot more

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Speech By: Patrick Leahy

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Patrick Leahy: money and a whole lot more time -flt we're already required by law for the assistant secretary of defense to send reports to the congress, committees which oversee this. these reports detail to any member, if they want to take the time to do it without spending more taxpayer

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Patrick Leahy: i think an additional review is simply going to delay the funds. it's going to cost us money. it's also going to delay the funds that the guard requires. now is not that are going to

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Patrick Leahy: i would hope that we would oppose this amendment. i ask for the yeas and nays. the presiding officer: is there a sufficient second? there is a sufficient th