Reed Opposes Trump's Unjustified Defense Budget Increase
April 03, 2026
April 03, 2026
WASHINGTON, April 3 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release:
* * *
Reed Opposes Trump's Unjustified Defense Budget Increase
*
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Trump Administration proposed raising the fiscal year 2027 defense budget by 50 percent, to $1.5 trillion, a figure that includes some $350 billion that Trump wants Republicans to pass on a party-line vote outside the annual defense authorization and appropria . . .
* * *
Reed Opposes Trump's Unjustified Defense Budget Increase
*
WASHINGTON, DC - Today, the Trump Administration proposed raising the fiscal year 2027 defense budget by 50 percent, to $1.5 trillion, a figure that includes some $350 billion that Trump wants Republicans to pass on a party-line vote outside the annual defense authorization and appropria . . .