[HASC Alert] Your Rep voted RIGHT on the Pentagon Budget!

 

Did you hear? Yesterday, the House Armed Services Committee voted to put arms dealer profits before our communities. 

Let’s not mince words: every congressperson who voted for the Rogers amendment to increase the Pentagon budget by $37 BILLION — on top of the $750,000,000,000 it already receives — should be ashamed. But here’s the thing —  some showed up for the PEOPLE.

It’s not easy to stand up for what you believe in and upend the status quo. That’s why today, I’m writing to ask you to join the Win Without War team in sending him a quick thank you — because a vote against Pentagon greed is a vote for our communities!

Can you take two minutes to write and thank your Rep. for refusing to increase an already out-of-control Pentagon budget?

War hawks in both parties constantly dress up their support for bloated Pentagon budgets as “patriotism.” 

Well we, the PEOPLE, know there is no world in which the Pentagon needs or deserves $37 billion more. But from tackling climate change to funding public healthcare and education, we know a lot of communities that do — and luckily we’re not alone. 

But while too many members of the House Armed Services Committee chose to throw MORE money toward weapons and war — some showed up and stood with US and for the idea that we’ll never get our priorities in order if we keep plowing more money toward the Pentagon budget. 

Now, can you take a quick moment to write to him to say how much we appreciate his vote, and remind him how much his voice means to our movement?

Sign and send a quick note to your Rep. and thank him for refusing to increase an already out-of-control Pentagon budget!

Budgets are moral documents. 

Let’s thank the members of Congress who are working to improve people’s lives instead of padding arms dealers’ profits.

Thank you for working for peace,

Michael, Faith, Erica, and the Win Without War team

Let’s not mince words: every congressperson who voted for the Rogers amendment to increase the Pentagon budget by $37 BILLION should be ashamed.

With this vote, too many members of Congress chose to spend tens of BILLIONS of dollars inflating the already-bloated Pentagon budget — lining the pockets of wealthy weapons contractors at the expense of working families. But not all of them.

It’s not easy to stand up for what you believe in and upend the status quo, but 17 members of Congress showed up for the PEOPLE. 

If your Representative is on the list below, we need you to join the Win Without War team in sending them a quick thank you — because a vote against Pentagon greed is a vote for our communities! If you agree, sign and send a thank you note to your Rep. now.

Ruben Gallego (AZ) John Garamendi (CA) Sara Jacobs (CA) Ro Khanna (CA) Jimmy Panetta (CA) Jackie Speier (CA) Jason Crow (CO) Bill Keating (MA) Donald Norcross (NJ)

Joe Morelle (NY) Andy Kim (NJ) Chrissy Houlahan (PA) Jim Cooper (TN) Veronica Escobar (TX) Rick Larsen (WA) Adam Smith (WA) Marilyn Strickland (WA)

SAMPLE LETTER:

Thank you. Your vote on the Rogers amendment during the NDAA markup is a critical signal that you will put people and the needs of our communities over the Pentagon and arms dealers.

As your constituent, I’m counting on you to support Pentagon budgets that are appropriate for addressing the security challenges we face today. That means we must cut the Pentagon budget and instead increase funding for diplomacy and other non-military tools, to help move us toward a better, more peaceful future.