House sticks a fork in military dinnerware amendments

Published May 23, 2018 8:38pm ET



House lawmakers served up defeat on two amendments Wednesday that would have required the military to buy only U.S.-made dinnerware and stainless steel flatware.

The votes came after Rep. Mac Thornberry stuck a knife into the arguments, saying that adding the measures to the National Defense Authorization Act would be a waste of money.

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