Secretary of Defense Lloyd J. Austin III, Air Force Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr., chairman, Joint Chiefs of Staff and Under Secretary of Defense (Comptroller)/Chief Financial Officer Michael J. McCord provide testimony at a Senate Appropriations Committee hearing on the Department of Defense fiscal 2025 budget request and Future Years Defense Program, Dirksen Senate Office Building, Washington, D.C., May, 8 2024. (DoD photo by Chad J. McNeeley)
The House GOP’s proposed six-month stopgap funding bill would block the Pentagon from initiating 168 new programs worth a collective $4.3 billion and impede 101 planned procurement rate increases totaling $39.8 billion, according to Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.
Austin…