Nearly 300 Groups Oppose Any Additional Pentagon Funding
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Congress should reject President Donald Trump’s request for a $1.5 trillion Pentagon budget and oppose any increase to the Pentagon budget for 2027, 289 groups said in a letter sent to lawmakers today. The letter was organized by the Coalition for Human Needs, Public Citizen, and the Friends Committee on National Legislation.
The president’s proposed $1.5 trillion budget for the Pentagon would be a stunning 50% increase over the already enormous FY 2026 funding levels. The U.S. already spends more on its military than the next nine countries combined, including China and Russia, and the Pentagon has never passed an audit.
“Further gigantic increases would be grossly irresponsible,” the letter reads. “Funding an unaccountable Pentagon by more than $1 trillion while underfunding human needs programs undermines our security by preventing us from investing in the shared prosperity that comes from more housing, health care, climate and public health protections, ending hunger, and providing quality public education.”
“The Coalition on Human Needs is proud to join with a rapidly growing number of organizations nationwide who are telling Congress to oppose a bloated Pentagon budget whose excesses prevent us from meeting basic needs for all Americans,” said Deborah Weinstein, executive director of the Coalition on Human Needs. “Investing to meet needs will make us more secure; reckless Pentagon spending is putting us in peril.”