Political Quotes

“Mr. President, it would be a historic moment if this bill were to pass because it would, for the first time ever, overturn a BRAC decision. Now, we all know that when the four base closure rounds went through Washington, DC, many of us were not happy with the process. Many of us felt the savings were overstated. Many of us felt this was not the right way to go. But not one of us, until today, moved to undermine a BRAC decision. By objecting to this bill, we are taking a stand, it seems to me, for the integrity of the process. After all, this is the law of the land. This is just the kind of unraveling we do not want to see happen, because if this effort succeeds to overturn BRAC, to stifle competition between the private sector and the public sector with respect to depot maintenance, where will it end? Tomorrow, someone else will try another unraveling, and the day after, someone else will, and we will have chaos.”