Maintain a strong national defense and provide necessary resources to service members.

Scott DesJarlais · Tennessee · Republican

policy impact 0.72 specificity 0.80 extraction confidence 90%

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Scott DesJarlais believes in maintaining a strong national defense, protecting American interests both home and abroad, and providing the necessary resources to our men and women who have volunteered to serve.

He commits to supporting defense and military resources.

Issues – SCOTT DESJARLAIS
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Evidence

Roll Call 159 shows DesJarlais voting Aye on H. Res. 1275, the rule that made in order consideration of H.R. 8469, the military construction and Veterans Affairs appropriations bill for fiscal year 2027.

Recent floor support for moving a defense-related funding bill forward, but not evidence that the resources were enacted or delivered.

partial same_term A for effort

Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives Roll Call 159
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The committee held a Navy FY27 budget hearing with the Acting Secretary of the Navy, the Chief of Naval Operations, and the Commandant of the Marine Corps, indicating active congressional work on defense resources in DesJarlais's current term.

A concrete committee step toward examining and funding military resources, but not a final delivery of the promise.

unresolved same_term A for effort

House Armed Services Committee, Full Committee Hearing: Navy FY27 Budget Request
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Assessments

unresolved same_term A for effort

The cited evidence shows DesJarlais participating in current-term congressional defense oversight and supporting floor consideration of military construction and veterans-related appropriations. Those actions materially indicate effort toward maintaining defense resources, but they do not establish that new defense resources were enacted or that the promised outcome was fully delivered. Because he remains in federal office and the referenced FY2027 process is still ongoing, the outcome is best treated as unresolved rather than never or delivered.

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