Pentagon officials briefed the members of the Problem Solvers Caucus in the House SCIF, Rep. Nick Lalota (R-N.Y.) said in an interview with The Hill on Wednesday.
Lalota described the session as "informative” and “persuasive."
"It was clear to me and many others in the room that our nation needs to resupply our munition stockpiles," the New York Republican said.
Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.), a member of the caucus who sits on the House Armed Services Committee, told The Hill on Wednesday that he did not attend the briefing.
A source familiar with the matter, speaking on condition of anonymity to discuss the classified session, confirmed to The Hill the briefing was just for caucus members and lasted just over an hour, during which the FY 2027 defense budget was discussed.
The briefing took place a day before Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Dan Caine, testified before the Senate Appropriations Committee on the White House's $87 billion supplemental request to help fund the Iran war.
The session also comes as President Trump threatened to strike Iranian bridges and power plants on Wednesday if Tehran did not stop harassing more commercial ships attempting to pass the Strait of Hormuz.
Iranian foreign minister warned that Iran would fight “an eye for an eye.”
The U.S. military launched another round of strikes against Iran on Wednesday at 5:30 p.m., marking the 12th consecutive day the U.S. forces executed kinetic action inside the country.
Iran-aligned Houthis, a militant group designated as a terrorist organization by the U.S. government, in Yemen claimed Wednesday to have attacked two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea, days after warning it would impose a naval blockade on Saudi maritime traffic in the Red Sea.
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