The Senate Appropriations Committee says it is concerned the Defense Department might move to consolidate or "supplant" the budgetary liaisons who traditionally assist lawmakers in crafting annual spending legislation. The committee, in a report accompanying its version of the fiscal year 2025 defense spending bill, notes it retains a provision from previous years prohibiting the use of funds to “plan or implement the consolidation of a budget or appropriations liaison office” anywhere within DOD. “The Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee relies...
