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Betty McCollum: “Air Force and Space Force, the request would increase by $92…”

Featuring: Betty McCollum, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, 4th Congressional District

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Published | Video Starts at 04:49

Mr. Secretary, I believe that you've worked very, very hard from our conversations to prioritize the requests. But you have to admit the numbers that the American people are hearing about are eye popping. And Air Force and Space Force, the request would increase by $92 billion. And that increase alone, to put it into perspective, is the entire budget of Commerce, justice and science appropriation bills. General Saltzman, $71 billion for Space Force would be three times the size of the NASA budget. (04:49–04:56)

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Asserts that the budget request for the Air Force and Space Force would increase by $92 billion.

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