Derrick (@Derrick_L)

Rep. #JimJordan, a member of the conservative #House #FreedomCaucus and the incoming chair of the #JudiciaryCommittee, said Sunday that “everything” must be on table to cut in order to reign in #FederalSpending — including the #Pentagon’s budget. “We’ve got a $32 trillion debt, everything has to be on the table. We’re on pace to spend $500, $600 billion in debt payments just to deal with interest payments,” Mr. Jordan, #Ohio Republican, said on “#FoxNewsSunday.” “Frankly, maybe if we would focus our military spending on the soldiers and not having so many generals — the ratio of general officers to enlisted individuals now is so out of whack.” House Speaker #KevinMcCarthy, #California Republican, made a concession to win over conservative holdouts in his bid for the speakership that the chamber would cap spending at fiscal 2022 levels in the next budget due Oct. 1, teeing up debate over what funding should be slashed. Some #conservatives have increasingly argued that military spending, particularly funding that goes to #contractors, has become #bloated and #wasteful, a view that mirrors that of many Democrats. “If we’d focus on getting rid of all the ‘#woke’ in our military, we’d have the money we need to make sure our troops get the pay raise they deserve, we’d have the weapons systems and training that needs to be done so that we’re ready to deal with our adversaries around the planet,” Mr. Jordan said. He also suggested that aid to #Ukraine should be on the #ChoppingBlock, a foreign policy issue over which Republicans disagree. https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2023/jan/8/jim-jordan-previews-military-spending-cuts-under-g/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS