US Republicans Want Higher Defense Spending, Citing Ukraine and China

U.S. Representative Mike Rogers (R-AL), ranking member of the House Armed Services Committee, gestures during a committee's hearing in the Rayburn House Office Building in Wash., on Sept. 29, 2021. Rod Lamkey/Pool via Reuters

WASHINGTON—A group of 40 U.S. Republican members of the Senate and House of Representatives Armed Services Committees urged President Joe Biden to include a 5 percent increase above inflation for defense spending in his proposal for the fiscal 2023 U.S. budget.

Biden is expected to announce his budget next week.