The Republican chairmen of the Senate and House Armed Services Committees publicly expressed their opposition to the Pentagon‘s decision to reduce its presence in Europe on Wednesday.

Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL) released a joint statement stating that they “strongly oppose the decision not to maintain the rotational U.S. brigade in Romania and the Pentagon’s process for its ongoing force posture review that may result in further drawdowns of U.S. forces from Eastern Europe.”