Pete Domenici: “I rise today with Senator Bingaman to introduce legislation authorizing new construction at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM.…”

“I rise today with Senator Bingaman to introduce legislation authorizing new construction at Kirtland Air Force Base, NM. Kirtland Air Force Base serves many roles for the Department of Defense and the U.S. Air Force. The Nuclear Weapons Center, Air Force Research Laboratories, the New Mexico Air National Guard, and a Department of Energy National Nuclear Security Administration national laboratory are some of the many Federal entities doing work at Kirtland. As such, Kirtland's construction needs are many. Therefore, I am proud to offer this bill to authorize replacement of a fuel unloading facility at Kirtland Air Force Base. The President's fiscal year 2008 budget requests $1.8 million for this work, and in keeping with that request my legislation authorizes $1.8 million for the work. Our Armed Forces deserve our full support. I am proud to offer my support for the personnel at Kirtland Air Force Base by introducing this bill.”