Tom Price: “I also want to highlight a statement in a letter from the Office of Management and Budget from the Executive Office of…”

“I also want to highlight a statement in a letter from the Office of Management and Budget from the Executive Office of the President about these BRAC closings, because I think that it highlights one of the very egregious activities that occurred in passing this omnibus, this appropriations bill, that the Democrat majority did today. It says, quote, the President's budget requested $5.6 billion to implement the recommendations of the 2005 Base Realignment and Closure Commission. That is something that all of us had voted on here on the floor of the House. The administration strongly opposes the committee's reduction of $3.1 billion from the President's request. Remember, this is $3.1 billion cut out of a $5.6 billion appropriation. This will, quote, significantly delay BRAC implementation, increase the risk that the Department of Defense would not meet its statutory deadline to implement BRAC, reduce BRAC savings, delay or postpone scheduled redeployments of military personnel. Did you hear that? Delay or postpone scheduled redeployments of military personnel and their overseas stations to the United States and negatively impact many specific plans in response to BRAC.”