Sen. Cruz Questions DoD Spending on Algae Fuel Over Troops

WASHINGTON, DC -– U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, today in a Senate Armed Service Committee hearing questioned the Defense Department’s spending priorities as it considers eliminating Marine battalions.

Sen. Cruz asked, “Is it your view that the Department of Defense is going to somehow revolutionize the study of algae or alternative energy, is that really the core function of the Navy, at a time when the Navy is proposing, for example, cutting 5,000 Marines, eliminating two Marine infantry battalions? Obviously, your job is to prioritize, and my question is which is a higher priority, preserving those two Marine infantry battalions or continuing to research algae fuel in the hopes that somehow the world energy market can be transformed by the Navy’s research?”

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