John Garamendi: “Thank you. Without objection, your statement and the statement of all of the witnesses will be entered into the record.”

$1.5 trillion, or $1,500,000,000,000. That is the egregious and dangerously irresponsible amount of money the Trump Administration has requested for military spending.

I cannot, in good faith, approve a budget that rewards this behavior and fails to rein in an out-of-control President.

Bloated defense spending has been a serious problem for far too long. Requiring unfunded priorities only encourages the Pentagon to seek additional funding outside the normal budget process, often at the expense of readiness and sound…

Transparency is particularly important when it appears, as it does here, that the system’s ultimate capability will fall far short of the original promises.