Defense Quote by Scott Bessent

In the budget, the president will call for a five-year freeze on discretionary spending other than for national security. This will reduce the deficit…

— Anonymous

Defense is not like other discretionary spending.

— Robert M. Gates

We cannot allow anything that's called 'national defense' to justify any and all spending. We need to be very, very careful that we don't…

— Grover Norquist

The cold harsh reality is that we have to balance the budget.

— Michael Bloomberg

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

— Jim Talent

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

— Jon Huntsman, Jr

Cut defense spending as part of cutting all federal spending.

— Rand Paul

We have to cut spending. We're - the thing is out of control.

— Tim Pawlenty

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

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

Well, I think the president has clearly submitted us a tight budget, but it's what's called for if we're going to get spending under…

— Thad Cochran

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