Friday, June 23, 2023

Senate, House GOP at Odds Over Defense Spending

Article Title: Senate, House GOP at Odds Over Defense Spending

Article Excerpt: "...Some Republicans on the Senate Appropriations Committee voiced their frustrations Thursday over the Defense Department allocations, The Hill noted.

"If you're looking at China's navy and you think now's the time to shrink our Navy, you sure as hell shouldn't be in the Navy," Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said at a committee meeting. "We go from 298 ships under this budget deal to eventually 291… You sunk the Navy. The Congress has sunk eight ships. How many fighter squadrons have we parked because of this deal?"..."

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