Senate, House GOP blast Biden defense budget as ‘wholly inadequate’

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Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee, speaks during a Senate Armed Services Committee confirmation hearing. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)

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Republicans in both chambers of Congress are rejecting Joe Biden’s defense budget request, calling it ‘wholly inadequate.’ The ranking members of the Senate and House Armed Services Committee recently issued a joint statement voicing their frustration.

Oklahoma Sen. Jim Inhofe (R) and Alabama Rep. Mike Rogers (R) argued the proposal doesn’t give our military the resources it needs. Biden is requesting $753 billion for defense spending which is less than a two percent increase and less than the three to five percent Republicans deem adequate.

JUST IN: Ranking Republicans of the Senate & House Armed Services committees reject @POTUS FY 2022 defense budget as "wholly inadequate"

"It’s nowhere near enough to give our service members the resources, equipment and training they need" per @JimInhofe @RepMikeRogersAL pic.twitter.com/JR5XSVI5oE

— Jeff Seldin (@jseldin) May 28, 2021

Inhofe and Rogers said, “it’s disingenuous to call this request an increase because it doesn’t even keep up with inflation…it’s a cut. Fundamentally, it does not adequately resource the 2018 National Defense Strategy, forcing impossible choices between readiness and modernization upon commanders and troops.”

Republicans say the budget sends a bad message to our adversaries, such as China, that the U.S. isn’t doing enough to defend itself.

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