S.Amdt. 6024

SA 6024, submitted by Ms. Hirono, aims to add a section to bill S. 4784 that expresses the Sense of the Senate regarding domestic needs and funding disparities for fiscal year 2027.

The amendment highlights several key points:

• The Senate finds that national defense programs are authorized for an unprecedented $1,150,000,000,000, which it describes as a disproportionate escalation in military spending.

• It points to a severe affordability crisis where families struggle with the costs of healthcare, housing, and food.

• It notes that the One Big Beautiful Bill Act caused structural cuts to nondefense safety net programs, projecting over $1,000,000,000,000 in funding cuts to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and Medicaid over ten years.

• These cuts are projected to remove health coverage from 15,000,000 people and put over 750 clinics, nursing homes, and hospitals at risk of closing.

• It mentions that funding restrictions and rollbacks have impacted SNAP, which millions of children and women use to prevent hunger and food insecurity.

The purpose of this amendment is to state that the funding gap between defense spending and domestic investments is unacceptable and unconscionable. It calls for Congress to reject this imbalanced spending and instead use a strategy that balances national security with the human needs of people in the United States.