Political Quotes

“I rise to commend my colleague, the senior Senator from Pennsylvania [Mr. Specter], for personally arguing yesterday the case of Dalton versus Specter before the Supreme Court of the United States. This case was originally filed by Senators Specter, Wofford, Bradley, and Lautenberg, as well as other Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and Delaware elected officials and various unions, to protest the alleged violations of law in the procedures followed by the Base Realignment and Closure Commission [BRAC]. The BRAC recommended closing the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard. Senator Specter argued that the Navy deliberately concealed from the BRAC certain information which argued for keeping the Philadelphia Naval Shipyard open. The argument before the Supreme Court yesterday focused on the question of whether the courts had any power to require that the BRAC follow the procedures outlined in the Base Realignment and Closure Act. Senator Specter argued that the Department of Defense had specifically violated the act's requirements that all information relied on in the base closing process be made available to the Commission, the GAO, and the Congress.”