{"id":47677,"date":"2023-03-24T09:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-03-24T09:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2023\/03\/24\/first-look-white-house-says-gop-budget-plan-would-harm-defense\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T14:44:23","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T14:44:23","slug":"first-look-white-house-says-gop-budget-plan-would-harm-defense","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/congress\/budget\/2023\/03\/24\/first-look-white-house-says-gop-budget-plan-would-harm-defense\/","title":{"rendered":"First look \u2014 White House says GOP budget plan would harm defense"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/pentagon\/2023\/03\/09\/biden-proposes-pentagon-spending-increase-with-industrial-base-focus\/\" target=\"_blank\">White House officials<\/a> are accusing far-right Republican lawmakers of endangering national security with plans to severely limit federal spending in next year\u2019s budget.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a national security statement first obtained by Military Times, administration officials said threatened Republican cuts to that budget would damage efforts to counter threats from China and Russia, set back plans to modernize the Navy and Air Force, and damage military planning by severely limiting defense spending.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden brushback is part of a coordinated Democratic response to defend the White House budget in anticipation of GOP attacks in months of Capital Hill debate to come. If a compromise on next year\u2019s budget can\u2019t be agreed upon by Oct. 1, it could trigger a partial government shutdown, leading to canceled military training and furloughs of non-essential Defense Department personnel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The administration is taking aim specifically at a plan backed by some House Freedom Caucus members to cap federal spending at 2022 levels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cTheir proposal could amount to a roughly $600 billion reduction in funding for national defense over just the next five years compared to the president\u2019s budget \u2014 undermining military readiness, weakening our deterrence against China, and impeding our ability to meet pressing global challenges, both now and in the future,\u201d the statement says, adding that it would hinder investments in priorities such as the Pacific Deterrence Initiative and the procurement of critical munitions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Shrink Washington. Grow America. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vhteHNpNFS\">pic.twitter.com\/vhteHNpNFS<\/a><\/p>&mdash; House Freedom Caucus (@freedomcaucus) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/freedomcaucus\/status\/1634205313623572480?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the White House statement asserts that Republicans are focused on across-the-board budget cuts \u2013 including to national security \u2013 top GOP lawmakers have called for higher defense spending in recent hearings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Both House Armed Services Committee Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., and Senate Armed Services Committee ranking member Roger Wicker, R-Miss., have called Biden\u2019s $842 billion military spending plan for next year \u201cinadequate.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On Thursday, during a Defense Department budget hearing, Rep. Ken Calvert, R-Calif., and chairman of the House Appropriations Committee\u2019s defense panel, told Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin that \u201cwe\u2019re going to work together to plus this somewhat\u201d i.e. to raise defense spending even higher.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2023\/03\/20\/gop-budget-plan-will-undermine-security-warns-biden-administration\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/GettyImages-1246878311.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Republican budget plan will \u2018undermine\u2019 US security, warns Biden admin<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Biden administration is portraying plans from Republicans to gut the federal budget as jeopardizing national security.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But the White House charges that the slimmed down budgets, as required by the 2022 spending proposal, would require the Navy to cut \u201cat least two capital ships\u201d while \u201celiminating a new Virginia class submarine and a new DDG-51 destroyer.\u201d For the Air Force, the plan \u201cwould likely cause significant disruption and delays to the B-21 bomber program.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In a statement connected to the White House release, House Appropriations Committee ranking member Rosa DeLauro, D-Conn., echoed the administration\u2019s concerns, saying that the proposed budget levels \u201cput our national security at risk, undermine military readiness, break promises made to our allies, and gravely impact the brave women and men in uniform who defend our country.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">How the latest attack influences the budget debate remains unclear. Earlier in the day, during a House Veterans\u2019 Affairs Committee hearing on the White House budget plan, Republican lawmakers grew increasingly angry with Democratic members who accused them of aiming to trim defense and veterans program funding, and vowed to correct the record as budget negotiations continue through the summer.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/militarytimes\/management\/pay-benefits\/2023\/03\/09\/troops-would-see-biggest-pay-raise-since-2002-under-biden-budget-plan\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/3554533.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div 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Russia\u2019s aggression against Ukraine clearly demonstrates the value of integrating security assistance, economic assistance, humanitarian assistance, sanctions and export controls,\u201d McCord wrote. \u201cNo one agency could achieve the effects we are producing as a team, and deep cuts to any one of the agencies would undermine the effort as a whole.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Administration officials are accusing far-right Republicans of undermining national security with their fiscal 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