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House Appropriators Concerned With ‘Risky’ Reconciliation Approach To Fund Munitions, F-35 Plans

House Appropriators Concerned With ‘Risky’ Reconciliation Approach To Fund Munitions, F-35 Plans
Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chair of the House Appropriations Defense Subcommittee, provides remarks at the full House Appropriations Committee's markup of its fiscal year 2026 defense spending bill on June 12, 2025. Photo: House Appropriations Committee.

The House Appropriations Committee has raised concern with the Trump administration’s “risky” approach to seeking significant fiscal year 2027 funding for key priorities such as critical munitions and F-35 procurement through the “uncertain” reconciliation process, as the panel marked up its defense legislation on Wednesday. “Rather than using the reconciliation process as a tool to scale up and accelerate investments beyond the base budget, the mandatory request includes funding for several critical efforts, such as munitions, which should have been…

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