NATIONAL HARBOR, MD -- Bipartisan members of the House Armed Services Committee are skeptical of the fiscal year 2027 defense budget’s reliance on a reconciliation package to fund key priorities, though they support the Pentagon’s move to increase topline spending. Funding $350 billion of the total $1.5 trillion defense budget through mandatory spending is “not the way to do it,” Rep. Donald Norcross (D-NJ) said today. The sentiment was seconded by Rep. Ronny Jackson (R-TX), who said he would prefer...