WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep. Blake Moore has a second committee assignment for the 118th Congress — on the House Budget Committee.

The budget committee is tasked with crafting a budget resolution outlining government spending priorities and allocations. Moore, also serving on the House Ways and Means Committee, said his key focus on the budget body will be on defense interests.

“America’s gravest national security threat is the national debt, and fiscal restraints are impacting the readiness, capabilities and even strategies of our armed forces,” he said in a statement. “My objective on the Budget Committee is to lead on defense budget decisions, providing reliable and consistent funding of the warfighter and advocating for Hill Air Force Base and our Northern Utah workforce.”

Moore, a Republican from Salt Lake City who represents the 1st District, had also served on the committee during the 117th Congress.

U.S. Rep. Jodey Arrington, a Texas GOPer and chairperson of the budget committee, said Moore “will be an asset to the committee’s efforts in reorienting our fiscal trajectory and putting America back on a sustainable path.”

Moore, in his second term, has made reducing the U.S. debt and deficit a priority.

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