Pentagon Blackout: Congress Slams Army Corps Over Hidden Funding $3.8 Billion Cut!

Army Secretary Daniel P. Driscoll and Acting Army Chief of Staff Gen. Christopher LaNeve testifies before the House Appropriations defense subcommittee on the fiscal year 2027 Army budget. Following yesterday's tense House Armed Services Committee readiness hearing and the abrupt dismissal of former Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George by Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, lawmakers are closely examining the Army's modernization plans, force structure, and preparation for the 2027 timeline. We break down the most critical moments and defense funding decisions from Capitol Hill.

Welcome back to Defense Now. During the April 16, 2026, House Energy and Water Development Subcommittee hearing, lawmakers clashed with Army Corps of Engineers and Bureau of Reclamation leadership over the fiscal year 2027 budget request.

In this breakdown, we analyze the heated exchanges regarding a massive $3.8 billion proposed cut to the Army Corps and a controversial new "transparency initiative" that critics argue masks programmatic cuts while inflating administrative salaries. We also examine the bipartisan outrage directed at a recent Department of Defense memo that has restricted communications between local Corps districts and Congress, severely bottlenecking infrastructure and defense-adjacent harbor projects.

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Army Corps of Engineers, Bureau of Reclamation Leaders Testify on FY27 Budget
UNITED STATES
04.16.2026

Leaders from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Bureau of Reclamation testify before the House Appropriations Committee’s energy and water development, and related agencies subcommittee during a hearing about the fiscal year 2027 budget in Washington, April 16, 2026. Testifying are: Adam Telle, assistant secretary of the Army for civil works; Army Lt. Gen. William H. Graham Jr., chief of engineers and commander of the Corps of Engineers; and Andrea Travnicek, Interior Department assistant secretary for water and science.

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