Referring to my FY2021 Defense Budget, I maintain the position of spending 67% on infrastructure and 33% on war-fighting systems, which includes any marginal spending. Since infrastructure is a critical element of warfighting capability, maintaining the stated proportions is vital for consistency and effectiveness. In fact, treating trade-offs at the margin in the same manner as budgeted spending indorses future defense budget spending levels. Relative to infrastructure, while some employees consider infrastructure important for their performance, some others feel the work itself is more central to their performance. In fact, infrastructure allows a person and their loved ones to have an improved quality of life, yet also leverages the