Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Armed Services Committee, said on June 5 that the Trump administration’s detailed fiscal year 2026 budget request will likely not be available for “several more weeks.”
While the White House has put forth a skinny budget outline and an appendix with additional topline details it has yet to provide Congress with a full breakdown of its intended fiscal 2026 spending plans.
The delay arrives as Congressional defense authorizers and appropriators are looking to begin work marking up the next National Defense Authorization Act and defense spending bill.
“This is quickly becoming the longest-delayed budget submission in memory, and I urge the White House to deliver it,” Sen. Jack Reed (D-R.I.), the Senate Armed Services ranking member, said during a hearing.
Exchange Monitor affiliate Defense Daily first published this story.
