President Trump on Saturday directed Protection Secretary Pete Hegseth to make use of transfer all the division’s “available funds” to go towards paying navy servicemembers throughout the federal government shutdown.
Throwing blame towards congressional Democrats and naming Senate Minority Chief Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.), Trump stated that troops won’t obtain their upcoming paychecks. Servicemembers are scheduled to obtain their subsequent checks on Oct. 15.
“That is why I am using my authority, as Commander in Chief, to direct our Secretary of War, Pete Hegseth, to use all available funds to get our Troops PAID on October 15th,” Trump wrote in a put up on his social media web site Reality Social.
“We have identified funds to do this, and Secretary Hegseth will use them to PAY OUR TROOPS,” Trump stated.
The Hill has reached out to the Division of Protection (DOD) and the White Home for remark.
This comes after Home Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) solid blame on Democrats for the potential pay lapse.
“HR 5371 (the Continuing Resolution) is the bill to pay our troops,” Johnson wrote in a put up on the social media platform X. “No one in the military or any military family should have their pay blocked on October 15! Since the bill ALREADY PASSED THE HOUSE, a simple yes vote by five more Democrats on Tuesday would allow the military to be paid on Wednesday.”
Democrats and Republicans have pressured Johnson to deliver lawmakers again to Washington to vote on a invoice that may guarantee navy staff are paid subsequent week regardless of the shutdown.
Reps. Gabe Vasquez (D-N.M.) and Derek Tran (D-Calif.) on Wednesday wrote a letter to Johnson urging him to deliver Home members again earlier than Wednesday to cross the invoice.
“If Congress does not act by October 15th, nearly three million military families will miss their next paycheck,” they write within the letter, first reported by Punchbowl Information. “That’s unacceptable — our military families and troops deserve better.”
“We can have policy and political fights in Congress, but we simply can’t ask service members to put themselves in harm’s way without paying them,” Rep. Ken Calvert (R-Calif.), chair of the Home Protection Appropriations Subcommittee stated in a press release to The Hill on Thursday. “It should be a red line for anyone who cares about our national security and our troops.”
Trump additionally supported the invoice and stated it was one thing “that probably will happen.”
However on Friday, Johnson stated that any votes within the Home will solely occur as soon as a funding invoice is handed.
Up to date at 3:18 p.m.
