Please tell me this is not a case of keeping constituents happy in his district, though. The defense companies (and others, I’m sure) have become adept at scattering their facilities all over the country so that every time the military wants to cut some project or other, the company can be sure that a congressman will speak up to stop them.
It’s how the game is played. I hope Col. West is not a player.
I trust West to look out for America first.
http://www.embraer.com/en-US/Pages/Home.aspx
Formerly known as Embraer Aircraft Corporation (EAC), Embraer-U.S. was founded in 1979 in Fort Lauderdale, FL as a wholly owned United States corporation. On July 1, 1980, the company was incorporated in Fort Lauderdale as a subsidiary of Embraer. EAC became responsible for Embraer marketing, sales and technical support activities in the United States.
In 2008, Embraer broke ground on a new facility at the Melbourne International Airport in Melbourne, FL that will be dedicated mainly to assembly the Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 besides, support the expansion of the Company’s executive jet business. The opening of the new Melbourne facility is part of Embraer’s broader strategy of bringing operations closer to customers and to its largest market, as the Company’s first industrial site in the U.S.