BREAKING: House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-WA) has sent a letter to the Pentagon saying that he is denying the $1 billion transfer in defense money to an account that could be used to build the border wall.
Adam Smith statement on the DoD transfer of funds last night. “Congress has trusted the Department with this tool…DoD’s recent notification of its intent to use that process to reprogram $1 billion without Congressional approval is a violation of that trust.”:
“DoD is attempting to circumvent Congress and the American
“Meanwhile, the Army has made an intentional decision to not pursue its requested authorized end strength for
“This needs to stop. Based on the unfunded requests received for the Fiscal Year 2020 budget and the issues raised by the Marine Corps, there are obviously more pressing issues with readiness and modernization that these funds could – and more importantly should – go to.
Instead of focusing on readiness, hurricane recovery, and other genuine issues, the administration continues to spend billions of dollars on an imaginary crisis. The priority needs to be on supporting our service men and women, and their families who defend our nation. In this, the administration continues to fail. There is no national emergency at the southern border.
The Administration should stop using our servicemembers as a political tool and instead focus on building military capabilities and readiness and areas where we should focus our defense resources. Congress will act as necessary to defend its Constitutional prerogatives.”
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