So you make a great point, but just because the Congress has not done its job funding programs in a timely manner doesn't mean you have to go and change the constitutional process of annual oversight and appropriations from the legislative…
Sanford Bishop
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Sanford Dixon Bishop is an American politician serving as a member of the United States House of Representatives from Georgia's 2nd congressional district since 2003. A member of the Democratic Party, Bishop has focused on issues such as economic development, education, and healthcare throughout his tenure in Congress. He has been an advocate for rural communities and has worked to secure funding for various local projects in his district.
I think we need to be real careful here, but I also think we need to use this as an incentive with the leadership to remind them, relative to these most important Americans, the men and women who put themselves in harm's way on our behalf…
You have had to utilize, for the Army and the Marine Corps, call service like Air Force medevac units. Is that not so?
We will revisit that, sir, because there are a number of communities across the country that are impacted.
But (b)(2) says community impact assistance or special impact assistance is not otherwise available, meaning they can't pay.
I am concerned that the Department of the Army has somewhat ignored and underfunded some of the major infrastructure needs.
His discipline and the loss of the funds accelerated the onset of the stress.
The Impact Aid program was added to ameliorate that but has been always underfunded.
None of which provides adequate funds to deal with a problem of this magnitude.





