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Ed Case: “You've got $413 billion, which in and of itself is an 84%…”

Featuring: Ed Case, Democratic | U.S. House Hawaii, 1st Congressional District

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WATCH: Ed Case Grills Pete Hegseth Over $24B Iran War Costs | Congress Hearing Explodes | AC1E

Published | Video Starts at 03:02

We wrap that into our operations and maintenance costs. Okay, that's okay. Going to your FY26 budget request, you've got procurement. Let's just focus on procurement, because that's what we're talking about, largely. You've got $413 billion, which in and of itself is an 84% increase over FY20. I'm sorry, I'm in 27. 20. 27 versus 26. And you have 38% of that total procurement request in reconciliation. Does that reconciliation request include anything from the war in Iran? (03:02–03:10)

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Asserts that the FY27 procurement budget is $413 billion, an 84% increase over FY20.

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