Accounts Quote by Pete Stark

If the military is to show the capabilities that we demand and expect of it, then the defense budget has to continue to rise.

— Annegret Kramp-Karrenbauer

As I said a moment ago, there is no higher priority in our budget, or certainly in the budgets of the past few years,…

— Jim Ryun

We need a defense budget that's big enough to sustain an increase in the size of the Army.

— Jim Talent

It's a tough time my friends. We need to make sacrifices to ensure our troops have the tools they need in order to get…

— Dennis Hastert

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

I ask the American people to consider the legacy this administration has handed us in the defense budget as we spend billions of U.S.…

— Rick Larsen

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

— Bob Beckel

According to the National Priorities Project, military expenditures are 54% of the budget. The next biggest line item is 7%. And there are a…

— Jill Stein

I don't want to revisit history or try to re-interpret it, you know, but starting from where we are now, given the experience that…

— Jill Stein

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

We need to spend more money to insure that our troops are properly equipped.

— Brian Higgins

I do not believe that we must maintain a bloated military budget which spends almost as much as the rest of the world combined…

— Bernie Sanders