That said, FRA is the law of the land to provide a capable, lethal and readily usable military within these fiscal constraints. The Defense subcommittee scrutinized the fiscal year 25 budget requests line by line, held numerous bipartisan engagements with senior Department of Defense officials and conducted rigorous oversight resulting in roughly $18 billion in cuts. Many of these cuts are due to schedule delays, unjustified cost increases under execution or other programmatic adjustments. In many cases, the Department simply did not provide clear and adequate justification. (01:28–01:44)
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Asserts that the subcommittee made $18 billion in cuts to the fiscal year 2025 defense budget.
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