CASE VOTES AGAINST FIRST VERSION OF FISCAL YEAR 2027 NATIONAL DEFENSE AUTHORIZATION ACT

Washington, July 24 -- Congressman Ed Case issued the following press release:

U.S. Congressman Ed Case (HI-01) Tuesday voted in the full U.S. House against the current version of the $1.15 trillion Fiscal Year (FY) 2027 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA).

The annual authorization is considered must-pass legislation, with Congress enacting one every year since fiscal 1962. It is separate from the regular annual appropriations bills that Representative Case helps develop as a member of the House Appropriations Committee; those bills actually direct funding using the NDAA as an authorizing framework.

"Our National Defense Authorization Act is a critical annual measure that not only authorizes our defense spending for the year, supp...