Cutting Quote by Leon Panetta

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

It is being alleged that the Federal Government is 'cutting' spending. In fact, we are not 'cutting' anything. Defense spending under this budget would…

— Craig L. Thomas

In Congress, while the House's proposed defense budget calls for significant increases, it also cuts 11 billion dollars from veterans spending - including healthcare…

— Jennifer Granholm

So-called defense now absorbs sixty per cent of the national budget, and about twelve per cent of the Gross National Product.

— George Wald

Right now we have a $600-billion or so Defense Department budget, but when you add in, for example, a trillion-dollar nuclear weapons program over…

— Jill Stein

If we can't find cuts in the defense budget, we're not looking carefully enough.

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

The 'defense' budget is three quarters of a trillion dollars. Profits went up last year well over 25%. I guarantee you: when war becomes…

— Chalmers Johnson

Whenever people in Washington complain about spending cuts, they mean spending cuts that would affect defense contractors. They want to massively increase spending cuts…

— Cenk Uygur

I have long believed there is a lot of waste in the defense budget.

— Bob Beckel

I was able to promote a strong defense budget when it could have been cut a lot more severely.

— Vicky Hartzler

We're in a very Orwellian situation where when we - we've slashed defense. And we've raised taxes. And we consider $600 billion annual deficit…

— Victor Davis Hanson

At Concerned Veterans for America, we've made the case that the defense budget could be targeted for spending reform, but in a targeted fashion…

— Pete Hegseth