(The Center Square) – A retiring Republican congressman plans to confront Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth this week over how $2.6 billion appropriated by Congress for military housing assistance was redirected to fund “Warrior Dividend” bonuses paid to 1.45 million service members before Christmas.
Rep. Don Bacon, R-Neb., a retired Air Force brigadier general and member of the House Armed Services Committee, says the money, drawn from a $2.9 billion Basic Allowance for Housing appropriation in the One Big Beautiful Bill, was intended to help service members living off base.
He is calling on Hegseth to restore the funds and plans to raise the issue before…
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