Military Chiefs Sound Alarm at Proposal to Hold 2022 Spending to Last Year’s Level
In Wednesday testimony to lawmakers, service leaders decry what would be a record-breaking continuing resolution.
By Marcus Weisgerber and Tara Copp
January 12, 2022
The recent passage of the 2022 National Defense Authorization Act showed overwhelming bipartisan agreement that the Pentagon needs more money. But military leaders are sounding alarm bells as the defense appropriations bill remains stalled amid larger budget fights and support grows for the notion of freezing the rest of the year’s defense spending at last year’s levels.
“A yearlong [continuing resolution] is completely new territory that we have not dealt with before that will have significant impacts across our military,” said Adm. Michael Gilday, the chief of naval operations, said Wednesday at a House Appropriations defense subcommittee hearing.
The Pentagon has been operating under a continuing resolution ever since fiscal 2022 began on Oct. 1. The current one expires on Feb. 18.
One by one, the uniformed leaders of each branch of the military told Congress what a year-long continuing resolution would do.
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