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Whereas, despite concerns about depriving the troops of fund-
ing, in 2019 half the military budget went directly to 
military manufacturing corporations whose top five CEOs 
in 2018 averaged $22,000,000 in salaries, while 15.3 per-
cent of members of the Armed Forces serving on active 
duty and their families reported they were food insecure; 
Whereas there have been significant deficiencies in the health 
and safety of housing for military families, including 
mold blooms, collapsed ceilings, exposed lead paint, and 
unsafe drinking water; 
Whereas in recent public opinion polls, a majority of Ameri-
cans indicate they do not want Pentagon funding in-
creases and a University of Maryland poll in July 2018 
found that Republicans and Democrats alike would sup-
port large-scale Federal spending cuts to defense; 
Whereas the Pentagon must realign its security mission, in-
terests, and values to ensure our Nation is spending tax-
payers’ dollars wisely and that our military spending does 
not distort our budget by maintaining a war economy, or 
encourage too frequent reliance on military rather than 
diplomatic options; 
Whereas any spending cuts to the Pentagon could be rein-
vested in other important domestic priorities to help re-
duce poverty and increase economic opportunity in com-
munities across the country; and 
Whereas the Pentagon could significantly decrease its spend-
ing by— 
(1) eliminating war funding absorbed into the base 
budget upon closure of the Overseas Contingency Oper-
ations account; 
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(2) closing 60 percent of foreign bases and saving 
$90,000,000,000; 
(3) ending wars and war funding and saving 
$66,000,000,000; 
(4) cutting unnecessary weapons that are obsolete, 
excessive, and dangerous and saving $57,900,000,000; 
(5) cutting military overhead by 15 percent and sav-
ing $38,000,000,000; 
(6) cutting private service contracting by 15 percent 
and saving $26,000,000,000; 
(7) eliminating the redundant and wasteful Space 
Force and saving $15,200,000,000; 
(8) ending use-it-or-lose-it contract spending and 
saving $18,000,000,000; 
(9) freezing operations and maintenance budget lev-
els and saving $6,000,000,000; and 
(10) completing President Biden’s announced plans 
to withdraw all United States troops from Afghanistan 
by September 11, 2021, and reducing spending accord-
ingly: Now, therefore, be it 
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-
resentatives that— 
(1) more money to the Pentagon does not buy 
us more security; 
(2) Congress intends to reduce defense waste, 
increase transparency, and reduce or eliminate poor 
management practices at the Department of De-
fense; 
(3) Congress can and should make significant 
cuts to the budget of the Pentagon while simulta-
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neously improving support for the members of the 
Armed Forces by reducing unnecessary spending 
and reinvesting in our troops; 
(4) Congress must exercise aggressive oversight 
to track and account for the money that is being 
spent and to ensure the Department of Defense fol-
lows through with performing annual audits, imple-
menting recommendations, and achieving a clean 
audit as quickly as possible; 
(5) Congress encourages the Department of De-
fense to complete its full audit before the end of the 
calendar year and report back to Congress imme-
diately; 
(6) Congress encourages the Department of 
State and other agencies to use combined power of 
diplomacy, foreign assistance, and a strong and fair 
economy to ensure our Nation is safe; 
(7) Congress supports the elimination of the 
Overseas Contingency Operations account which 
makes waging war too easy; and 
(8) Congress supports moves to reduce the pri-
ority given to war in our foreign policy and our cur-
rent war-based national economy by using signifi-
cant cuts, up to $350,000,000,000 as detailed above, 
from current budget plans, while using the funds to 
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increase our diplomatic capacity and for domestic 
programs that will keep our Nation and our people 
safer. 
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