{"id":29401,"date":"2020-04-29T15:37:20","date_gmt":"2020-04-29T15:37:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/uncategorized\/2020\/04\/29\/key-lawmaker-says-dod-shouldnt-get-funding-boost-in-next-coronavirus-stimulus-package\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:17:37","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:17:37","slug":"key-lawmaker-says-dod-shouldnt-get-funding-boost-in-next-coronavirus-stimulus-package","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/federaltimes\/congress\/budget\/2020\/04\/29\/key-lawmaker-says-dod-shouldnt-get-funding-boost-in-next-coronavirus-stimulus-package\/","title":{"rendered":"Key lawmaker says DoD shouldn\u2019t get funding boost in next coronavirus stimulus package"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">WASHINGTON \u2014 The chairman of the House Armed Services Committee said Wednesday he doesn\u2019t think upcoming economic stimulus packages related to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/coronavirus\/\" target=\"_blank\">the coronavirus outbreak<\/a> should include <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/2020\/04\/24\/covid-cash-crunch-still-hurting-small-defense-firms\/\" target=\"_blank\">more money for <\/a>defense, saying other public health needs are more pressing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWithout question, with the pandemic and the needs of national security and the Defense Department, we\u2019re going to have to spend a lot of money,\u201d said Rep. Adam Smith, D-Wash., in a teleconference with reporters. \u201cThe good news is we have a lot of money.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe defense [budget] bill last year was $738 billion. 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to increase cash flow to primary contractors and more vulnerable, smaller subcontractors.<\/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\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/04\/07\/defense-department-should-take-a-larger-role-in-coronavirus-testing-key-lawmaker-says\/\" 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\/Screen-Shot-2020-03-23-at-4.56.28-PM.png.png?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\">Defense Department should take a larger role in coronavirus testing, key lawmaker says<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">HASC Chairman Adam Smith says massive amounts of testing will be needed to return America to normal operations.<\/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 Smith said his priority in the next stimulus bill is public health, not the defense industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cOf all the needs that we face in this country, [my priority is not] to spend more money on basic DoD to go buy more planes or ships or boats or anything like that,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In an emergency spending package approved earlier this month, lawmakers gave the Defense Department about $10.5 billion in funding for defense health programs and Tricare response to the public health threat, as well as money for National Guard deployments to help state prevention efforts.<\/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\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2020\/03\/27\/2-trillion-emergency-coronavirus-response-advances-through-congress-with-billions-for-dod-va\/\" 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\/AP20087523722198.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\">$2 trillion emergency coronavirus response advances through Congress with billions for DOD, VA<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">President Donald Trump is expected to sign the measure into law quickly.<\/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\">Smith has been an advocate of military personnel taking a larger role in conducting and processing coronavirus tests for the general public, saying the Defense Department\u2019s logistical expertise and infrastructure could dramatically speed that work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">He said he would back more money for those efforts, but \u201cI have not seen an argument that makes sense to me [for putting] more money into defense to manufacture things.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Senate is scheduled to return to Washington next week, but House lawmakers have postponed any votes for the near future. 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