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John Thune: “The defense appropriation bill actually writes the check…”

Featuring: John Thune, Republican | Senate Majority Leader, South Dakota

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Thune Joins The Brian Kilmeade Show

Published | Video Starts at 00:20

Of course, Karl, he's not new to this, but I think he accurately assesses, I mean, getting the defense authorization bill that authorizes all this, you know, support for national security. It's something we have to do every year. And then The defense appropriation bill actually writes the check that enables all those priorities to be funded. And so we are. Yes, I mean we're, this is going to be an opportunity for the Democrats to show whether or not they're serious about what they say about … (00:20–00:26)

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Asserts that the defense appropriation bill is essential for funding national security priorities.

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