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Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia announced Tuesday that she intends to vote against the proposed Fiscal Year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, saying the legislation spends too much taxpayer money on foreign priorities.
Green said in a mail On
Green pointed to the rising national debt, which, according to… financialdata.treasury.govmore than 38.39 trillion dollars.
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Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga., speaks with reporters after the House Republican Conference meeting at the Capitol Hill Club on Tuesday, September 9, 2025. (Tom Williams/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)
“These American people are $38 trillion in debt, in an affordability crisis, on the verge of a health care crisis, and credit card debt is at an all-time high,” Greene declared in her post. “Funding foreign aid and foreign wars is America’s last and there is no excuse anymore. I love funding our military but I refuse to support foreign aid, foreign militaries, and foreign wars. I am here and I will vote no.”
But House Speaker Mike Johnson praised the proposed National Defense Authorization Act.
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“This year’s National Defense Authorization Act helps advance President Trump and Republicans’ peace agenda by codifying 15 of President Trump’s executive orders, ending the vigilante ideology in the Pentagon, securing the border, revitalizing the defense industrial base, and restoring the warrior spirit,” Johnson said in part of a lengthy campaign campaign. statement.
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Greene intends to leave her position early next month, halfway through her two-year term.