Reversing 'Alarming Erosion' in Military Quality of Life Requires Biden Funding Request, Top Lawmakers Say

The White House needs to ask Congress for enough money to reverse an "alarming erosion" of quality of life in the military in its fiscal 2025 budget request, bipartisan leaders from the House Armed Services Committee wrote in a recent letter to President Joe Biden.

In a letter dated Feb. 16 and released publicly Tuesday, the chairmen and ranking members of the full committee and its military quality-of-life subpanel pressed Biden to "focus significantly more attention and resources" on service members' quality of life in its upcoming budget request.

"The committee's quality-of-life inquiry thus far has revealed an alarming erosion of military quality of life that, if not addressed quickly, will soon place the all-volunteer force at risk," Reps. Mike Rogers, R-Ala.; Adam Smith, D-Wash.; Don Bacon, R-Neb.; and Chrissy Houlahan, D-Pa., wrote in the letter. "Reversing this decline will require a national commitment of resources to address quality-of-life concerns for service members and their families."