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David Schweikert: “We're going to offer this as an amendment in the next day or…”

Featuring: David Schweikert, Republican | U.S. House, Arizona, District 1

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'Why Are We So Terrified To Tell The Truth?': Schweikert Warns Of 'Death Spiral' Facing The U.S.

Published | Video Starts at 11:15

So you don't get crazy articles like this one from Stars and Stripes basically saying this was not surprising. Pentagon again fails. It's audit and 3.8 trillion in military assets. We're not sure where the hell they are. Well, We're going to offer this as an amendment in the next day or so on the National Defense Authorization bill. We'll see if our brothers and sisters here are willing to say, hey, maybe some technology is better than building after building after building full of people looking at accounting lists and can't figure out what the hell it says. (11:15–11:23)

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Asserts intention to propose an amendment related to auditing the Pentagon in the National Defense Authorization bill.

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