Several Missouri and national defense priorities stand to benefit with the overwhelming passage of the Fiscal Year-2019 Defense Appropriations bill. Senator Roy Blunt issued a statement of support, Thursday, praising passage of the bill by the full Appropriations Committee. Key priorities in the bill, according to the senator, include: a 2.6 percent military pay raise…the largest in nearly a decade; end strength increases for the military; increased funding for Whiteman Air Force Base and the Missouri National Guard; and increased funding for research investments along with impact aid. Blunt says bi-partisan passage of the appropriations bill had been a top priority of his.
