Number one, this budget puts a lot of pressure on you three gentlemen and the other branches of our military to make sure that our priorities are correct. That being said, We are living under a 1% increase budget cap that was negotiated in a bipartisan way by leadership. I don't think Senator Collins and I are going to be in conflict with this statement at all. I think this is totally inadequate. (00:20–00:28)
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Asserts that the military budget is capped at a 1% increase due to bipartisan negotiation.
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