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Washington, D.C. – Today, House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers (R-AL) released a statement on President Trump’s proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2026:
 
“America’s national defense is facing extraordinary challenges,” Rogers said. “We are no longer deterring our adversaries. We are being outpaced in the development and deployment of critical military capabilities.  And our defense industrial base has atrophied to the point where I fear we could no longer sustain a prolonged conflict. 
 
“This all stems from chronic underinvestment in our national security, which is being driven by OMB bureaucrats.  We are currently at the lowest level of defense spending as a percentage of GDP since before World War II.  That is no longer sustainable in the threat environment we face.

 “I am very concerned the requested base budget for defense does not reflect a realistic path to building the military capability we need to achieve President Trump’s Peace Through Strength agenda.  I look forward to working with the President and the Senate to achieve real growth in the defense budget and put America on track to realize the President’s goal of investing five percent of GDP on defense for NATO countries.”