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Doug Lamborn, R-Colo., who chairs the Strategic Forces subcommittee, said before the amendment vote. \u201cChina\u2019s arsenal is expanding dramatically and Russia\u2019s arsenal continues to grow. We must adjust our nuclear posture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Biden administration has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2023\/03\/14\/new-us-nuclear-chief-takes-fresh-stance-on-sea-launched-cruise-missile\/\" target=\"_blank\">sought to scrap research on SLCM-N and did not request funding for it in its FY24 budget request<\/a>. Republicans teamed up with some Democrats last year to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/congress\/budget\/2022\/12\/07\/congress-reveals-plan-to-increase-defense-budget-by-8\/\" target=\"_blank\">authorize $25 million to continue SLCM-N research in the FY23 defense authorization bill<\/a>, rebuking the Biden administration\u2019s efforts to cancel it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The House\u2019s FY24 defense authorization bill, which the full Armed Services Committee is expected to advance early Thursday morning \u2014 paving the way for a full floor vote in July \u2014 would provide nearly $196 million for continued SLCM-N development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While SLCM-N research has received bipartisan support in the past, Lamborn\u2019s proposal to turn it into a program of record proved a bridge too far for Democrats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Conn., who chairs the sea power subcommittee, cited May testimony from Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Michael Gilday stating that the warheads needed to make a SLCM-N program would cost at least $31 billion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Navy can do a lot of other things with $31 billion,\u201d Courtney said ahead of the vote. \u201cYou can build 15 DDG destroyers with $31 billion, 10 Virginia-class submarines with $31 billion.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cYou put nuclear warheads on these vessels, then you are changing the mission,\u201d he added while questioning the ability of the National Nuclear Security Administration to absorb a new program. 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Mark Milley \u201cbelieves we do need this missile.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The former head of U.S. Strategic Command, which oversees the nuclear arsenal, Adm. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/2022\/06\/07\/us-nuclear-commander-backs-sea-launched-cruise-missile-biden-would-cancel\/\" target=\"_blank\">Charles Richard also backed SLCM-N in a letter <\/a>to House Armed Services Chairman Mike Rogers, R-Ala., last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe current situation in Ukraine and China\u2019s nuclear trajectory have further convinced me a deterrence and assurance gap exists,\u201d Richard wrote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">But Gen. 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