Support the President's priority of a military pay raise of 7% for E-5 and below, 6% for E-6 to O-4, and 5% for O-4 and above.

Supporting President Trump’s priority of a military pay raise of 7% for all military personnel ranked E-5 and below, 6% for E-6 to O-4, and 5% for O-4 and above.

The bill summary commits to backing a specific military pay raise schedule.

fy27-defense-subcommittee-bill-summary.pdf
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Supporting President Trump’s priority of a military pay raise of 7% for all military personnel ranked E-5 and below, 6% for E-6 to O-4, and 5% for O-4 and above.

The bill backs a specific military pay raise schedule for service members.

Committee Releases FY27 Defense Appropriations Bill | House Committee on Appropriations - Republicans
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The White House's 2027 fiscal year budget proposes a 44 percent increase in defense spending, and the full budget released later that day included a 7 percent pay raise for troops.

This is the clearest public source for the president's military pay-raise priority, but it is only a budget request and does not show Tom Cole personally endorsing or advancing the exact tiered raise in the lookback window.

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Trump requests record-breaking budget of $1.5 trillion for Pentagon
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On June 24, 2026, the administration requested $87.6 billion in supplemental funding, including $67 billion for the Defense Department, and said House and Senate appropriators would review the request.

During the June 25-27 lookback, the concrete defense-funding action was a war supplemental, not a bill or vote showing Tom Cole backing the specific pay-raise formula. That leaves the claim unresolved in the window examined.

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Trump asks Congress for $87.6B, mostly for Iran war
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