DAILY ON DEFENSE: • First draft of the Senate NDAA • Ukraine, Taiwan • Women and the draft
The bill calls for $857.6 billion in defense spending, a $45 billion plus-up, over the budget requested by the Biden administration, largely to cover the effects of inflation, to address the need to replace munitions sent to Ukraine, and provide additional resources for the unfunded priorities of U.S. combatant commanders.
The bill also authorizes more than $2.7 billion for the U.S. to ramp up munitions production and expand the for future production to replenish the tens of thousands of artillery rounds, rockets, and missiles supplied to Ukraine. Hawley was joined by fellow Senate Republicans Marco Rubio, Fla.; James Lankford, Okla.; Roger Marshall, Kan.; Cindy Hyde-Smith, Miss.; John Boozman, Ark.; Steve Daines, Mont.; Mike Lee, Utah; Ted Cruz, Texas; and Jim Risch, Idaho, in urging Chairman Jack Reed in “the strongest possible terms” not to “force America’s women to register for the military draft.”
HAPPENING TODAY: The Faith and Freedom Coalition is holding its “Road to the Majority Policy Conference” in Nashville, Tennessee, with speakers including former President Donald Trump; Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C.; Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tenn.; Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Sen. Rick Scott, R-Fla.; Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa; Sen. Bill Hagerty, R-Tenn.; Rep. Michael Waltz, R-Fla.; Rep. Dan Crenshaw, R-Texas; Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio; former Education Secretary Betsy DeVos; and Lt. Gov.
NOT SO FAST WITH F-22s: The committee’s NDAA put the brakes on the Air Force plan to retire 33 older “block 20” F-22 Raptors, considered by many to be the world’s best air-to-air fighter. Washington Examiner: Police group sues Biden administration over Border Patrol 'whipping' investigation
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