Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026

Floor Speech

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Mr. MACKENZIE. Madam Chair, I rise in support of this amendment by my colleague from Pennsylvania that increases funding by $30 million for procurement of the Army's heavy dump trucks and offsets it with a $30 million reduction to future tactical unmanned aircraft system development. While that development remains important, the Army's heavy dump trucks are critical to current operational needs.

These trucks are manufactured by companies like Mack Defense in Allentown, Pennsylvania. I have had the opportunity to tour that facility and see firsthand how this facility provides well-paying jobs in our community while at the same time reinforcing the strength of our Nation's defense industrial base.

This amendment delivers the tactical vehicles our troops rely on that are built by a critical manufacturer right in the Lehigh Valley.

Madam Chair, I am proud to cosponsor this amendment, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting its passage.

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