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Subcommittee presses DOD for full FY26 budget details as markups begin
Summary
House appropriators told Defense Department leaders they lack the administration's full fiscal year 2026 budget request and the detailed "J-books" needed for accurate funding decisions, raising the prospect of rushed markups and another continuing resolution.
House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense leaders told Department of Defense officials on June 10 that Congress has not received a complete fiscal year 2026 budget request from the administration, complicating a planned markup of defense spending.
Ranking Member Betty McCollum (D) told Secretary Hegseth and other witnesses that "the president's fiscal 2026 budget request, and we don't have it. It was due in February. Today is June 10. Four months from now is the end of the fiscal year, and all we have is a very…
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