Rep. Mac Thornberry (R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, made the following statement on the Bipartisan Budget Agreement:
"Our military has been the target of repeated funding cuts, and it has been used by the President as a political bargaining chip. Our Armed Forces deserve to have some stability in their funding as they defend the nation in an increasingly dangerous world.
This agreement does not repair the damage that has been inflicted on our troops by several years of budget cuts. It does come close to matching the amount allocated for defense in the congressional budget, and it locks in a minimum defense budget for next year as well. Under the circumstances, I believe that this agreement deserves support because it provides predictable funding for our nation’s security at a time of great uncertainty."
