Pentagon Spokesperson Sean Parnell Urges House To Pass The Big Beautiful Bill

At a Pentagon press briefing on Wednesday, Spokesperson Sean Parnell spoke about the GOP reconciliation bill.

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00:00Okay, so let's switch gears to the budget. I want to take a minute from the podium today

00:06to applaud the Senate on passing the President's one big, beautiful bill,

00:11and I would urge the U.S. House of Representatives to do the same.

00:15This bills necessary investments in shipbuilding, military ships, aircraft, icebreakers, unmanned

00:22systems, artificial intelligence, $25 billion for the development of Golden Dome, all of these

00:28things directly help achieve the President's Peace Through Strength agenda and will help equip

00:34our warfighters to protect the homeland against 21st century's threats. This reconciliation bill

00:41is a once-in-a-generation opportunity to revolutionize our nation's defense capabilities

00:47by investing heavily in service member quality of life, including housing modernization,

00:54child care, education reforms, health care improvements. I mean, all of these things are

00:59great, and the Department is just laser-focused on getting our warfighters the funding they need

01:04to execute their mission. Let's talk about recruiting briefly. A strong and lethal military, as many in

01:12this room know, requires capable recruits, and we're excited to announce that the Air Force and Space

01:19Force Force have both hit their recruiting goals three months ahead of schedule. Thanks to President

01:24Trump and Secretary Hegseth's leadership, enthusiasm to serve is at all-time highs. Since November 5th,

01:312024, the U.S. military has seen the highest recruiting percentage of mission achieved in 30 years.