Article: DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION BILL TO CARRY PROVISIONS CHAMPIONED BY REP. AKIN

Rep. W. Todd Akin, R-Mo. (2nd CD), issued the following news release:

Wednesday, Congressman Todd Akin (R-MO), ranking member of the Oversight & Investigations subcommittee of the House Armed Services committee, successfully attached provisions to the 2009 Defense Authorization Act (HR 5658). The bill, which authorizes budget authority for the Department of Defense and the national security programs at the Department of Energy, will now carry these provisions offered by Congressman Akin when it comes to a vote on the House floor.

The bill contains two provisions that Congressman Akin has worked to include that will improve health care for our warfighters. The first is aimed at ...

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