If you examine the history of U.S. military spending between the foundingof the Republic and the outbreak of the Korean War in 1950, a distinct pattern emerges.
The tug-of-war between the states and the federal government has been a perennial of American politics from the foundingof the republic, but striking the right balance between the two has always been best achieved in the political arena, not the courtroom.
In addition, as several of the scholars who appeared before you testified, and to whom the chairman referred, perjury seems to have been recognized as a high crime or misdemeanor at the time of the foundingof our republic.