Kendra S. Horn: “I urge my colleagues, regardless of party, ideology within the party, to support the Spence amendment. It is long…”

“I urge my colleagues, regardless of party, ideology within the party, to support the Spence amendment. It is long overdue. Its passage will result in savings for the average taxpayer. Equally important, the Spence amendment will result in an efficient, well run Department of Defense. Now many of the Armed Services have already faced up to substantial downsizing. Parts of the Pentagon have shaped up as a result of some downsizing. But the fact is that Defense has too many people on the civilian side. They need to learn what every major corporation in America has learned, every large institution has learned.--Whether hospitals or universities--that when one streamlines the central administration, a more efficient organization results. There are less barriers in terms of the internal communications within a management system. And that is exactly what is needed. The Pentagon needs to learn more about privatizing.”