1. United States
2. Colo.
3. Letter

The Pentagon must be held accountable for the $93.4 billion spending spree in September 2025 and the unauthorized military escalation in Iran and the Gulf states. I demand immediate congressional oversight and an end to this fiscal recklessness. The DoD wasted $225.6 million on furniture, $2 million on Alaskan king crab, $6.9 million on lobster tail, and $98,329 on a grand piano for an Air Force chief's home while claiming budget constraints. This happened in the final days of September due to use-it-or-lose-it rules that incentivize waste. Now the Pentagon wants to expand kinetic operations in Iran without congressional authorization or public support, adding billions more in costs for a war the American people oppose. This directly contradicts the stated mission of the Department of Government Efficiency to eliminate wasteful spending and restore fiscal responsibility. DOGE was created to cut government excess, yet the Pentagon burns through $50.1 billion in five days on luxury items while demanding more money for military adventures abroad. The federal deficit hit $1.8 trillion in 2025, and the proposed increase to a $1.5 trillion defense budget by 2027 makes a balanced budget impossible. Congress must allow the DoD to roll over unused funds instead of wasting them each September, reject any budget increases until this practice ends, and refuse to fund military operations in Iran without explicit authorization and public mandate.