; Whereas despite concerns about depriving the troops of funding, half the military budget goes directly to military manufacturing corporations whose top five CEOs in 2016 averaged $19,000,000 in salaries, while 23,000 active-duty United States servicemembers and their families qualified for food stamps because their salaries are too low; Whereas there have been significant deficiencies in the health and safety of housing for military families, including mold blooms, collapsed ceilings, exposed lead paint, and unsafe drinking water; Whereas in recent public opinion polls, a majority of Americans indicate they do not want Pentagon funding increases and a University of Maryland poll in July 2018 found that Republicans and Democrats alike would support large-scale Federal spending cuts to defense; Whereas the Pentagon must realign its security mission, interests, and values to ensure our Nation is spending taxpayers’ dollars wisely and that our military spending does not distort our budget by maintaining a war economy, or encourage too frequent reliance on military rather than diplomatic options; Whereas any spending cuts to the Pentagon could be reinvested in other important domestic priorities to help reduce poverty and increase economic opportunity in communities across the country; and Whereas the Pentagon could significantly decrease its spending by— (1) eliminating the Overseas Contingency Operations account and saving $68,800,000,000; (2) closing 60 percent of foreign bases and saving $90,000,000,000; (3) ending wars and war funding and saving $66,000,000,000; (4) cutting unnecessary weapons that are obsolete, excessive, and dangerous and saving $57,900,000,000; (5) cutting military overhead by 15 percent and saving $38,000,000,000; (6) cutting private service contracting by 15 percent and saving $26,000,000,000; (7) eliminating the proposal for the Space Force and saving $2,600,000,000; (8) ending use-it-or-lose-it contract spending and saving $18,000,000,000