Three South Carolina lawmakers Pressed Trump for More Nuclear Funding
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Wilson, Graham, Scott Pressed Trump for More Nuclear Funding, Letters Show, Aviation Pros, — Three South Carolina lawmakers, in the weeks before President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request was unveiled, lobbied the president to direct more money to the National Nuclear Security Administration and nuclear weapons, Colin Demarest, Aiken Standard, S.C. Feb. 13–ALEXANDRIA, Va. — Three South Carolina lawmakers, in the weeks before President Donald Trump’s fiscal year 2021 budget request was unveiled, lobbied the president to direct more money to the National Nuclear Security Administration and nuclear weapons work, in general, two memos reviewed by the Aiken Standard show. U.S. Sens. Lindsey Graham and Tim Scott and U.S. Rep. Joe Wilson, all Palmetto State Republicans, urged the president on Jan. 16 and 17, respectively, to revise the fiscal year 2021 “topline for the NNSA to $20 billion.” The two memos — one from senators and one from congressmen — are signed by a total 41 people. Not getting the $20 billion, they warned in writing, could jeopardize a slew of nuclear warhead programs as well as plutonium pit production, an enduring weapons mission with a majority stake in South Carolina — specifically the Savannah River Site, a sprawling nuclear reserve near Aiken that Wilson has represented for years…….. Trump’s fiscal year 2021 blueprint — unveiled Monday at a total $4.8 trillion — included $19.8 billion for the NNSA, the U.S. Department of Energy’s weapons-and-nonproliferation arm. About $15.6 billion of that was flagged for nuclear weapons programs, a roughly 25% increase compared to the 2020 enacted level. ….. https://www.aviationpros.com/aircraft/defense/news/21125621/wilson-graham-scott-pressed-trump-for-more-nuclear-funding-letters-show |
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