Natural Citizen
12-05-2014, 06:52 PM
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US House members admitted they had not read the entire $585 billion, 1,648-page National Defense Authorization Act, which predominantly specifies budgeting for the Defense Department, before it was voted on Thursday in Congress.
“Of course not. Are you kidding?” Rep. Jim Moran (D-Virginia)
Moran said he did not plan to read the entire bill before voting because “I trust the leadership.”
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) also indirectly acknowledged the near impossibility for anyone to read such a comprehensive bill. He told CNSNews he had not read the full text, but understands its contents.
“The committees have gone over it, it’s been in conference, and I have an outline of exactly what it does,” he said (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/no-hoyer-admits-he-did-not-read-1648-page-defense-bill). “So, I know what it does.”
Continued - Congressmen admit to not reading NDAA before voting for it: 'I trust the leadership' (http://rt.com/usa/211879-ndaa-congress-read-bills/)
AFP Photo / Brendan Smialowski
US House members admitted they had not read the entire $585 billion, 1,648-page National Defense Authorization Act, which predominantly specifies budgeting for the Defense Department, before it was voted on Thursday in Congress.
“Of course not. Are you kidding?” Rep. Jim Moran (D-Virginia)
Moran said he did not plan to read the entire bill before voting because “I trust the leadership.”
House Minority Whip Steny Hoyer (D-Maryland) also indirectly acknowledged the near impossibility for anyone to read such a comprehensive bill. He told CNSNews he had not read the full text, but understands its contents.
“The committees have gone over it, it’s been in conference, and I have an outline of exactly what it does,” he said (http://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/lauretta-brown/no-hoyer-admits-he-did-not-read-1648-page-defense-bill). “So, I know what it does.”
Continued - Congressmen admit to not reading NDAA before voting for it: 'I trust the leadership' (http://rt.com/usa/211879-ndaa-congress-read-bills/)