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Senate Committee’s Defense Authorization Act Has Requested $19.8B For NNSA

Thursday, June 11th, 2020

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Senate Committee’s Defense Authorization Act Has Requested $19.8B For NNSA

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Sen. James Inhofe (R- Okla.) on Thursday made good on his promise to sharply increase the budget for Department of Energy nuclear weapons programs at the expense of the Navy’s attack submarines. The news Thursday, part of a press briefing on the 2021 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), followed Inhofe’s activism with President Donald Trump over the winter, when the Senate Armed Services Committee chair got religion about authorizing a nearly $20-billion budget for the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA)…

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