Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders RepJayapal, RepMarkPocan, and RepBarbaraLee noted that 'advocates are constantly called to answer for how we will afford spending on lowering costs and expanding access to healthcare.'
Congressional Progressive Caucus leaders noted that"advocates are constantly called to answer for how we will afford spending on lowering costs and expanding access to healthcare.
"As Pentagon spending has exploded, the federal government has been forced to pinch pennies for decades when it comes to investments in working families," Reps. Pramila Jayapal , Mark Pocan , and Barbara Lee said in a joint statement. "Appropriators and advocates are constantly called to answer for how we will afford spending on lowering costs and expanding access to healthcare, housing, child care services, on fighting the Covid-19 pandemic, and on combating climate change—but such concerns evaporate when it comes to the Pentagon's endlessly growing, unaudited budget," the trio continued."We will continue to vigorously advocate against this military spending proposal, as we have in years past.
Biden's proposed budget for Fiscal Year 2023 would hike U.S. military spending by $31 billion over current, already historically high levels, putting the country on track to spend more than $8 trillion on its military over the next decade. The White House
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