President Donald Trump’s deployment of the California National Guard and Marines to quell the rioting in Los Angeles is expected to cost $134 million and last for 60 days, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a Pentagon official told House lawmakers on Tuesday.

Hegseth and Bryn MacDonnell, the Pentagon’s acting comptroller, testified during a hearing of the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense about the Pentagon’s priorities for the 2026 fiscal year. The discussion turned to the administration’s efforts to contain the rioting that began Friday following Immigration and Customs Enforcement raids that led to the arrests of more than 100 illegal aliens, many with criminal records.

Hegseth was angered by allegations from Rep. Pete Aguilar, D-Calif., that the Pentagon is pulling funds to deploy approximately 4,000 National Guardsman and 700 Marines to Los Angeles from areas that would affect the military as a whole, such as housing and barracks. Hegseth called such allegations “disingenuous and incorrect” before turning to MacDonnell to address the costs and how they are funded.

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