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SASC Member: Congress Must Work With DoD To Save Money in Future Budgets

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SASC Member: Congress Must Work With DoD To Save Money in Future Budgets
Senator Joni Ernst, junior United States senator, Iowa, visits the Logistics Innovation Demonstration at Camp Wilson aboard Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif., May 6, 2018. Ernst is a Committee on Armed Services representative and visited the installation to observe a live-fire range, view the flightline and speak to Marines. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Ashlee Conover)

Congress will work with the Defense Department to find cost savings and prioritize funding for critical equipment needs for future budget cycles, a Senate Armed Services Committee member said Oct. 4.Following the passage of the $716 billion fiscal year FY’19 defense appropriations bill, the bipartisan committee needs to continue “pressing onward and upward” to ensure the U.S. military is properly funded, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) said at a breakfast event with reporters at the Heritage Foundation in Washington, D.C. But…

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