Political Quotes

“I can think of no bill more important than this bill, especially at this time. And I want to thank the committee on both sides for doing great work on this. The quality of life for our troops is very important. Their ability to come home and live in appropriate housing is of the highest need. When I was the chairman of the Military Construction Appropriations Subcommittee, we began in earnest to do the privatization of housing on our bases because we realized that we did not have enough money to build housing under the old MILCON way. I can tell my colleagues that as we go around and visit the bases today where we have gotten these programs going, people are thrilled at the quality of the housing that is now there. I think CBO has done a very great disservice to this country in not understanding how these deals are put together. These deals are put together at no risk for the most part to the Federal Government.”