THORNBERRY ON DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS

WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Chairman Mac Thornberry (R-TX), of the House Armed Services Committee, released the following statement on the Defense Appropriations package:

“This is a big deal. For the first time in a decade, Congress has managed to fund our military in full and on time. It is difficult to overstate how important this is for our troops, their families, and the security of the country. We did not get here by accident. Careful oversight, thoughtful legislation, and persistent advocacy by Members of the Armed Services Committee helped to bring us to this point. We could not have gotten here without them, and the country will be safer and stronger because of their hard work. The challenge ahead of us now is to repeat this achievement next year, and the year after that. To truly restore strength, efficiency, and agility to the military, fully funding the Pentagon on time has to be the rule in Washington, not the exception.”