Issues
Deficit Reduction Military Base Closings
We owe it to our military personnel and
their families to provide them with decent facilities and
housing. Congress also owes it to the American people to support
an effective, efficient military that uses taxpayer dollars
wisely. For these reasons, I strongly support additional base
closures. We should continue to reassess our base structure
to ensure that we are making the best use of our defense facilities.
By closing bases that are no longer needed, we can help to
ensure that our military personnel and their families are
not being forced to live and work in hazardous conditions.
I support legislation authored by Senators John McCain (R-Arizona)
and Carl Levin (D-Michigan), to authorize two rounds of base
closings in addition to the base closings that passed Congress,
and that I voted to support, during the 1990s. In 2001, McCain-Levin
was partially incorporated into the Department of Defense
(DoD) authorization bill, which authorized one round of base
closings in 2005.
The Department of Defense estimates that the past base closings
have each saved about $1.5 billion per round per year. DoD
estimates that future rounds would save about the same.
Enforcing
Budget Discipline
Ending
Automatic Pay Raise for Members of Congress
Reducing
the Number of Political Appointees
Reducing
Irrigation Subsidies to Large Agribusinesses
Military
Base Closings
Related: Environment
- Environmental Protection Through Deficit Reduction
Related: Seniors
- Protecting Social Security
Related: National
Security - Defense Spending
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