Congressman Burchett votes against FY2025 NDAA

WASHINGTON, D.C., (December 11, 2024)- Today, U.S. Congressman Tim Burchett (TN-02) voted against the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2025.

"It spends $9 billion more than last year's NDAA and the Pentagon just failed their seventh consecutive audit. I'm not going to vote taxpayer money into thin air or put it into the hands of folks who can't handle it." said Rep. Burchett.

The FY2025 National Defense Authorization Actauthorizes $895.2 billion in defense spending, an increase of over $9 billion from the FY2024 NDAA. For reference, in 2020, the U.S. authorized $778.4 billion in defense spending.

The full text of the bill can be found here.