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Kaptur Goes After NNSA Weapons Programs in 2020 Budget Hearing

Tuesday, April 2nd, 2019

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Kaptur Goes After NNSA Weapons Programs in 2020 Budget Hearing

The head of the U.S. National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) moved to protect weapons life-extension programs and plutonium infrastructure from the budget ax wielded here Tuesday by the House’s top nuclear-security appropriator. Rep. Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), chair of the House Appropriations energy and water development subcommittee, told NNSA Administrator Lisa Gordon-Hagerty that the agency requested too much money in fiscal 2020 for its nuclear weapons operations. The request came at the expense of nonproliferation programs aimed at preventing the spread…

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