Hunter spends on protecting our troops with body armor, etc., and our defense, which is a good thing.
DUNCAN HUNTER:
"Let me give you some examples of things that I have added to the budget; in fact, I publish mine on the internet. I call them congressional initiatives because I think that earmark is a pejorative term.
I put in an additional 10 million dollars for jammers to defeat road-side bombs, portable jammers. The Pentagon didn't have any jammers that could be carried by infantrymen. That meant they had nothing for the troops. I put in 10 million dollars and we built and deployed jammers for our dismounted troops within 70 days. We did 10,000 of them in 70 days.
Armored vests, additional humvees, a ship, the X-Craft which goes 60 miles an hour, which is manned by a crew of only 26 people, which is truly transformational of the US Navy, and which has been given glowing marks by former Secretaries of the Navy - that was added.
Let me give you other things that have been added by Congress - an aircraft carrier when Jimmy Carter didn't want to put it in the budget, the B-1 bomber and the President didn't want to put it in the budget, so the point is that Congress is supposed to, and is charged, and the Constitution says Congress shall provide for the Navies, the equipping of the Navies, the Army, and by implication, the Air Force.
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http://www.rightnation.us/forums/index.php?showtopic=114155
Let's see would you vote for someone who supports increasing non-defense discretionary spending more than any administration since LBJ?
Someone who voted for NCLB, CFR, Sarbanes-Oxley, Medicare Part D, and hugely bloated agriculture and highway bills?
Someone who voted to increase
No thanks, he's too much of a big spender, big government type for me.