The House Appropriations defense subcommittee wants to add $1.7 billion in Pentagon procurement funding to the Biden administration’s budget request, but cut weapons development funding by $1.6 billion, according to a draft of the fiscal year 2022 defense spending bill released today. The bill, which the subcommittee will vote on tomorrow in closed session, would provide an additional Navy destroyer, though the Biden administration has only requested one. The bill would also eliminate funding for the Navy’s sea-launched nuclear cruise...
