THORNBERRY ON ADDITIONAL FUNDING REQUEST

WASHINGTON - Rep. Mac Thornberry ( R-TX), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, commented today on the White House request for additional funding for ISIL operations and for higher troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan:

“While we will review the request carefully, the amount still does not accommodate the increased pace of operations against ISIL and does nothing to begin addressing the readiness crisis. It is time to put politics aside and provide our men and women in uniform the resources actually required, not just what is politically expedient.”