After the House of Representatives on Wednesday passed a massive spending package that includes $733 billion for the Pentagon—up from $716 billion the previous year—Rep. Rashida Tlaib slammed America’s “out of control warfare budget” and said the U.S. should be investing more in programs that benefit the public, not massive defense contractors.

“We deserve better than to come second to for-profit defense spending that doesn’t make our nation any safer.”
—Rep. Rashida Tlaib

“These are huge checks being written to Boeing and Lockheed Martin, when we should be cutting checks to everyday people struggling to make ends meet,” said Tlaib, one of just seven Democrats to vote against the trillion-dollar spending measure.

The other House Democrats who voted against the measure were Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (N.Y.),  Ayanna Pressley (Mass.), Ilhan Omar (Minn.), Denny Heck (Wash.), Collin Peterson (Minn.), and Ben McAdams (Utah). View the full roll call here.

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In a tweet following Wednesday’s vote, Tlaib wrote, “Giving our military industrial complex another $733B windfall doesn’t bring [Michigan’s 13th congressional district] closer to economic opportunities we need.”

“We deserve better than to come second to for-profit defense spending that doesn’t make our nation any safer,” the Michigan congresswoman wrote.