Jim Inhofe: “I suggest to you, Mr. President, that while this is onerous enough, this is not happening in a vacuum because at the…”

“I suggest to you, Mr. President, that while this is onerous enough, this is not happening in a vacuum because at the same time people are going after this voting block by offering clemency, something else is going on right now, something that not many people are aware of, and that is, for the last 57 years we have been able to use an island called Vieques off the shores of Puerto Rico as a bombing range, as an amphibious training base. This is classified and characterized by the Navy, as well as the ground troops, as an imperative area for our training and our readiness. I guess what I am saying is, there is no place else in the Western Hemisphere we can use for this kind of training.”