Adam Smith: “We did spend $619 billion... for fiscal year 2017 on our defense budget.”

This is my biggest problem with the left.

The problem with this year's defense authorization bill is that it comes with the inclusion of $1.15 trillion in discretionary spending.

I don't agree with everything that he's doing, but he's having legitimate, thoughtful conversations instead of screaming matches over who can threaten the loudest.

Our country faces threats and DoD has modernization needs, but I will not support making massive cuts to critically important domestic programs and slashing taxes to meet those needs.