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Brown: House Dems to Reassert Themselves on National Defense Issues in Next Congress

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Brown: House Dems to Reassert Themselves on National Defense Issues in Next Congress
Yavoriv, Ukraine – U.S. Rep. Anthony Brown (D-MD) and Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-NY) meets with U.S. Soldiers assigned to the Joint Multinational Training Group –Ukraine during a visit to the Yavoriv Combat Training Center (CTC) here Feb. 23. During the visit Brown and Stefanik observed training conducted at the CTC, ate lunch with Soldiers, and met with key leaders of the JMTG-U. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Alexander Rector)

With the Blue Wave pushing new Democratic lawmakers with military backgrounds into the House, expect the next House Armed Services Committee (HASC) to take a scalpel to the defense budget to emphasize value and mission need, and contribute even more to the U.S. national security conversation, said Rep. Anthony Brown (D-Md.).Having new Democratic veterans on committees such as HASC, Foreign Affairs or Intelligence will allow the new majority to “have much more credibility on these issues,” Brown said in a…

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