Dick Durbin: “COL Margaret Stock, who is a law professor at West Point, points out that military personnel around the world will be…”

“COL Margaret Stock, who is a law professor at West Point, points out that military personnel around the world will be dramatically impacted if their State driver's licenses are not accepted by the Federal Government. It is not simply a matter of getting on an airplane. For our men and women overseas it can be much worse. She wrote: This law threatens to disrupt thousands of routine yet official acts that occur daily on every military post in the world. . . .The proposed law threatens vital functions of the Department of Defense, and promises unforeseen headaches for military personnel and their family members. Madam President, I ask unanimous consent to have this article printed in the Record. There being no objection, the material was ordered to be printed in the Record, as follows: The ``REAL ID'' Act--A Real Nightmare for DoD (By LTC Margaret D. Stock, USAR) If you watched or heard the congressional debate over H.R. 418, the ``REAL ID Act of 2005,'' you might have thought this proposed law--which passed the House of Representatives Friday, February 11, 2005, by a vote of 261-161--was all about stopping terrorists from getting on airplanes. But you would be wrong. This bill--which sets new rules for state motor vehicle departments (DMVs)--promises to be more of a nightmare for DoD than a deterrent to any terrorists.…”