Sen. Johnson Joins Sen. Graham in Unveiling FY 2025 Budget Resolution to Secure the Border, Revitalize Our Military, Unleash American Energy Production, and Begin the Process of Restoring Fiscal Sanity

WASHINGTON – Today, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) joined U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), Chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, in releasing the text of the Senate’s fiscal year 2025 budget resolution.

The FY 2025 budget resolution will be the blueprint that unlocks the pathway for a fully paid-for reconciliation bill to secure the border, bolster our military, increase American energy independence, and begin the process of fiscal sanity.

The FY 2025 budget resolution lays the groundwork for legislation that:

• Secures our border by providing funding to:
  • Finish the wall and upgrade technology for ground and aerial support.
  • Increase the number of detention beds so dangerous criminals aren’t released into the United States.
  • Increase the number of:
    • ICE officers to conduct mass detention and removal of criminal illegal aliens; Border Patrol agents to regain operational control of the border; Assistant U.S. attorneys to prosecute violent crime, organized crime and immigration-related offenses; and immigration judges to clear the backlog in our immigration courts.
  • Make investments in state and local law enforcement to facilitate cooperation with federal law enforcement and immigration enforcement and removal efforts.

• Revitalizes our military by providing critical funding for the Department of Defense to strengthen the U.S. military to deter conflict and ensure our nation’s security. Priorities to plus up our national defense include:
  • Maintaining U.S. military readiness and the ability to defend U.S. interests globally.
  • Growing the U.S. Navy and strengthening its industrial base to restore U.S. maritime dominance.
  • Building an integrated air and missile defense to counter threats to the U.S. homeland.
  • Continuing to overhaul and strengthen America’s nuclear defense posture.

• Facilitates energy independence by unleashing American energy production through on and offshore lease sales, and stopping the Biden Administration’s natural gas tax, also known as the methane emissions fee.

• Begins the process of restoring fiscal sanity by fully paying for the investments in our border security, national security and domestic energy production up front. Since these investments will be spent in four years, the legislation will be paid for in four years. The bill’s projected increased annual spending of $85.5 billion will be paid for by a projected $85.5 billion in reduced annual spending.

Why we need to Secure our Border, Revitalize our Military, Unleash American Energy Production and Begin the Process of Fiscal Sanity.

Text of the FY 2025 Senate budget resolution is available HERE.

View tables on the FY 2025 Senate budget resolution HERE.

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