Tuesday
Jun222010
Hoyer Calls For Cuts In Defense Spending
Tuesday, June 22, 2010 at 3:31PM
By Sarah Mamula - Talk Radio News Service
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) addressed the deficit Tuesday morning, and emphasized the need to cut defense spending in addition to creating what he called “budget restraints.”
“Defense spending cannot be above careful scrutiny and analysis,” said the Majority Leader during a conference hosted by the organization Third Way.
He stressed that current levels of defense spending cannot be maintained and that unnecessary weapons systems must be cut. Hoyer stated that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has already asked Congress to discontinue funding for C-17 cargo planes and an additional engine for the F-35 strike fighter.
“I wish more of us in public life were as honest about hard budget choices as Secretary Gates has been,” said Hoyer.
By making these “hard choices,” Majority Leader Hoyer hopes to lessen and ultimately dissolve the deficit so that future generations “have the money and ability to respond in an effective way” to the current disasters and issues facing their country.
“Let us hope they look back on our generation and say ‘they were up to the task.'”
House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer (D-Md.) addressed the deficit Tuesday morning, and emphasized the need to cut defense spending in addition to creating what he called “budget restraints.”
“Defense spending cannot be above careful scrutiny and analysis,” said the Majority Leader during a conference hosted by the organization Third Way.
He stressed that current levels of defense spending cannot be maintained and that unnecessary weapons systems must be cut. Hoyer stated that Defense Secretary Robert Gates has already asked Congress to discontinue funding for C-17 cargo planes and an additional engine for the F-35 strike fighter.
“I wish more of us in public life were as honest about hard budget choices as Secretary Gates has been,” said Hoyer.
By making these “hard choices,” Majority Leader Hoyer hopes to lessen and ultimately dissolve the deficit so that future generations “have the money and ability to respond in an effective way” to the current disasters and issues facing their country.
“Let us hope they look back on our generation and say ‘they were up to the task.'”
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