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.
Maintain a strong national defense and provide necessary resources to service members.
Occurrences
We must replace Minuteman with Sentinel, and we must ensure that program delivers a solution that takes care of our operators and maintainers.
Evidence
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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.
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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.
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The page states "House Not In Session" and "Next Session: June 15th, 2026 at 10:30 AM."
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The homepage's latest updates list shows "May 14, 2026 DESJARLAIS ANNOUNCES MCMINNVILLE VA WILL REMAIN OPEN" as the newest item.
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The homepage's Latest Updates section still shows the newest post as the May 14, 2026 VA-clinic announcement; no newer office update is visible.
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The House votes page shows House Not In Session and says the next session is tomorrow at 12:00 PM.
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Directing the President, pursuant to section 5(c) of the War Powers Resolution, to remove United States Armed Forces from hostilities with Iran DesJarlais | Republican | TN | Nay
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As of publication of this product, the Senate has taken no further procedural steps toward taking up the bill on the floor.
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National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2027 Status: Passed DesJarlais | Republican | TN | Yea
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Date Approved December 18, 2025 Full Title An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2026 for military activities of the Department of Defense
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Roll Call 320 | Bill Number: S. 1071 Vote Question: On Passage Status: Passed DesJarlais | Republican | TN | Yea
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this bill authorizes significant increases in FY27 for many programs across the services that will contribute to the architecture and broader missile defense efforts
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Roll Call 286 | Bill Number: H. R. 6500 Status: Passed DesJarlais | Republican | TN | Yea
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The Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 2026 (division A of Public Law 119-75).
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provides fiscal year 2027 appropriations to Federal agencies through December 11, 2026
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H.R. 8800. An act to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 2027 for military activities of the Department of Defense
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Defense, FY 2027 (Agency Authorizations) | S.4784 | H.R.8800 | (Advanced Action) | --
Assessments
The verified commitment is a broad promise to maintain national defense and provide resources to service members, with no specific deadline. Verified passages show defense appropriations and temporary FY2027 appropriations were enacted, and that a bill would authorize significant FY2027 defense increases, but the verified passages do not establish Scott DesJarlais's material contribution to the enacted appropriations. Because delivery or partial credit requires verified evidence tying the candidate materially to the outcome, the promise remains unresolved. The verified passage about a bill authorizing significant FY2027 increases supports an effort badge, but not delivery.
DesJarlais has taken concrete same-term steps toward the promise, including committee participation on the Navy FY27 budget and an aye vote on a rule for military construction and VA appropriations. That shows real effort to support national defense and service-member resources, but the evidence does not show that the resources were actually enacted or that the broader promise was fully achieved, so this is partial credit rather than full delivery.
DesJarlais shows active in-term support for defense and veterans funding, including a committee hearing on the Navy FY27 budget and an aye vote to advance a military construction and VA appropriations bill. That is meaningful legislative effort, but the evidence does not show that the promised resources were finally enacted or that the broader national-defense objective was fully delivered. This supports partial credit rather than full delivery.
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.