Saxby Chambliss: “I do support privatization. I think we have got to look for areas of our operation of the Federal Government to seek to…”

“I do support privatization. I think we have got to look for areas of our operation of the Federal Government to seek to privatize in ways that we can save money. But I do not support privatization when it affects the readiness of our military might, nor when it injects politics into an issue which must not be political if it is going to work, such as the BRAC process. Now, the Everett amendment is about two issues. The first issue is whether or not privatization in place should be allowed at Kelly Air Force Base and McClellan Air Force Base, and whether or not that was provided for in the BRAC process. Last year, during the defense authorization bill, the current Secretary of Defense, the Honorable William Cohen, who was a Senator at that point in time, stated the following in the Record, and I quote. "The BRAC did not recommend or authorize privatization in place at Kelly or McClellan." He is right. He is absolutely right. It is not authorized. Second, this amendment is about one other issue: Does privatization in place save the taxpayers money?”