Sen. John Kennedy, R-La., dismissed the Supreme Court's request for a roughly 10% budget increase, much of it for security and cybersecurity, saying Congress cannot continue increasing spending because "there's not a money fairy" to pay for it.

"Well, I'm sorry they feel insecure. They're not the only ones. And if I sound unsympathetic, I don't mean to. But look, I listened to part of their testimony — they want a 10% budget increase for security," Kennedy said Tuesday on Fox News.

"They're like everybody else up here: Their favorite kind of spending is 'more.'"

He continued: "There's not a money fairy up here. This money that we appropriate comes out of people's pockets, or we have to borrow it."

Supreme Court Justices Amy Coney Barrett and Elena Kagan made a rare appearance before Congress on Tuesday to seek a nearly 10% increase in the court's budget, to about $228.4 million for fiscal 2027.

"One example is when threats to my life were particularly intense a few years ago around the time of the Dobbs leak," Barrett said.

"My security detail sent me home with a bulletproof vest, and I carried it into my house, put it into my bedroom, dropped it down on a table, turned around, and my 12-year-old son was standing in the doorway of my bedroom.

"And he wanted to know what it was and why I had it. And I didn't know how to respond, because maybe I lack imagination, but I didn't expect that performing this service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was and why I had to wear one."

Kennedy, who sits on the Senate Appropriations Committee, said he would take a look at their request.

"They already have 24-hour security, and they travel with anywhere from four to eight cops at all times," Kennedy said. "So, they've got better security than anybody else, except probably for the president."