Hegseth: ‘This Circus’ Rep. Massie’s Trying to Unleash Is Nothing Compared to What We’re Actually Dealing With

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HEGSETH: “Again, something else that gets -- appreciate the question -- gets misconstrued often is that we're somehow disengaged from Capitol Hill or we're not briefing Capitol Hill, we're not talking to Republicans or we're not talking to Democrats. We have civilian leaders and uniform leaders up on Capitol Hill all the time. That has been the case and that will be the case with Republicans and with Democrats. And right now we're flooding the zone because this lame duck period is critically important for funding of our department. $350 billion at a minimum for reconciliation is what we believe is needed to make a generational and historic investment in this department. Something our warfighters need. You talk about this circus that one congressman has tried to unleash. Like, that is one small thing over here that we deal with. It is nothing compared to what we’re actually engaged and dealing with, which is ensuring operationally we’re prepared all around the globe and that we get the funding for troops that we need.”