Barry Moore Secures $7.4 Million Funding Plan for Security, Roads in Alabama

U.S. Representative Barry Moore (R-AL-01) voted to advance a broad FY26 appropriations package aimed at strengthening national security, upgrading key infrastructure, and backing working families across the country.

The House-passed legislation funds the Departments of Defense and Homeland Security, Transportation–HUD, and Labor–HHS. Moore said the package reflects a shift back to what he called responsible budgeting and core federal priorities.

“This appropriations package delivers exactly what the American people gave Congress a mandate to accomplish – a stronger military, a secure border, modernized infrastructure, and a return to funding the government through regular order after decades of Washington waste,” Moore said. “House Republicans are advancing President Trump's America First agenda by supporting our troops, enforcing the rule of law, protecting workers and families, and rejecting radical policies that weakened our country under Joe Biden.”

The defense and homeland security portions of the bill include a 3.8 percent pay raise for service members, investments in missile defense, and continued funding for border enforcement. The package sustains staffing for 22,000 Border Patrol agents, supports detention and deportation of criminal illegal aliens, and increases resources to combat fentanyl trafficking. It also eliminates federal funding for DEI programs and abortion-related travel, and ends taxpayer-funded NGO assistance tied to the Biden-era border response.

Transportation and infrastructure provisions focus on safety and domestic investment. The bill funds the hiring of 2,500 air traffic controllers, supports upgrades to highways and airports, enforces Buy American requirements, and cuts billions in what supporters describe as wasteful spending.

Through the Labor–HHS bill, the package maintains long-standing federal policy riders, including the Hyde Amendment, which bars taxpayer funding for abortion on demand, and the Dickey Amendment, which prevents federal funds from being used to advocate restrictions on Second Amendment rights. The legislation also seeks to curb regulatory expansion and blocks mandates that Moore and other Republicans argue place politics over patients, parents, and workers.

In addition to national priorities, Moore secured several district-specific infrastructure projects for Alabama’s First Congressional District as part of the FY26 process. Those include $500,000 for improvements at H.L. “Sonny” Callahan Airport, $2 million for upgrades to Baldwin County Road 64, and $2 million for new coal-handling equipment at the Port of Mobile’s McDuffie Terminal.

The package also provides $977,000 for a new Coffee County Emergency Operations Center, designed to improve coordination among first responders and speed the deployment of personnel and resources during emergencies.

The appropriations package now moves forward in the legislative process as Congress works to finalize federal funding for fiscal year 2026.