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Betty McCollum: “$71 billion for Space Force would be three times the size of…”

Featuring: Betty McCollum, Democratic | U.S. House Minnesota, 4th Congressional District

House Hearing on the U.S. Air Force and U.S. Space Force FY 2027 Budget

Published April 30, 2026 | Video Starts at 05:14

And Air Force and Space Force, the request would increase by $92 billion. And that increase alone, to put it into perspective, is the entire budget of Commerce, justice and science appropriation bills. General Saltzman, $71 billion for Space Force would be three times the size of the NASA budget. So we have a lot of questions for you. I just want to because of the amount of time that we have, especially for you. (05:14–05:20)

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Asserts that the Space Force budget request is three times the size of NASA's budget.

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