Steve Womack: “As the Congressional Budget Office warned earlier this year, our nation is nearing a fiscal crisis. I would argue we are…”

I think a lot of us up here would agree that the federal bureaucracy has become bloated, but I think we need to be a little bit more precise in downsizing a department with a mission as critical.

I do think it is a bit dangerous, though, for us to enter into an era where we are usurping the authority of our Governors.

By the way, I have got to leave here in a minute and go meet with the city of Fort Smith board of directors.

There are only about 578 people that will be affected by this. You know, the Guard is over 100,000.