Rep. Tim Burchett said Tuesday he remains undecided on how he’ll vote on a Republican bill to fund the federal government, as he’s concerned that any voting for a measure that includes increased spending for the Pentagon will preclude calls to reduce funding later. 

The Tennessee Republican, speaking on CNN, also warned that once President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) targets Pentagon spending, there are those in Washington who are “going to squeal like a stuck pig and they should, because they have been, you know, they’re war pimps.”

“Their business is war, and it’s very good,” Burchett said. “Young men are dying and old men are making decisions and you’re seeing stock portfolios of people on both sides of the aisle in this building that just go up considerably every time there’s a war anywhere in the world, because our arms dealers are selling them that.”

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