WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 -- Sen. John Kennedy issued the following press release:
Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) explained how the Fiscal Year (FY) 2026 Energy and Water Development conference appropriations bill will cut spending by 2.8% while still providing increased funding for defense and Corps of Engineers programs in a speech on the U.S. Senate floor.
Key excerpts of the speech are below.
"I just wanted to quickly highlight what we're going to be voting on here in the next couple of days. The bill is $58 billion. That's less than the current budget.
"I'm very proud of that. I said at the very beginning of this process that I was not going to approve a budget that did anything but spend less. We have done that. Nominally, it is a $27 mill...