Posted on 09/08/2019 7:03:15 PM PDT by Steely eyed killer of the deep
Dear friend,
This week, the Trump Administration announced plans to take $3.6 billion away from military construction projects so the President can build portions of his border wall. That includes taking away more than $77 million from projects in Virginia.
President Trump's decision to pull funding from critical national security projects is deeply concerning. Our military construction funding should be used for safety improvements that protect our troops and bolster our national security, not for a vanity project.
The Department of Defense informed me that the Administration plans to take funding away from the following military construction projects in Virginia:
The Cyber Operations Facility at Joint Base Langley-Eustis will lose $10,000,000 that was supposed to go towards construction of a Sensitive Compartmented Information Facility (SCIF) that's needed for the Cyber Protection Team to receive intel and perform the training required for the national security mission of the facility. The Navy Ships Maintenance Facility in Portsmouth will lose $26,120,000 that was supposed to go towards necessary safety upgrades, including fire protections to keep workers safe. A project to replace a hazardous materials warehouse in Norfolk will lose $18,500,000 that was supposed to go towards ensuring the safe storage of dangerous materials, including hazardous chemicals, to meet life and fire safety code requirements. A project to replace a hazardous materials warehouse in Portsmouth will lose $22,500,000 that was supposed to go towards ensuring safe storage of dangerous materials, including hazardous chemicals, to meet life and fire safety code requirements.
The well-being of American troops is the core responsibility of every commander in the military, yet the Commander-in-Chief is shirking that duty so he can advance his own political agenda.
I've been outspoken against President Trump's plan to take money from military construction projects since it was announced earlier this year, and I'll keep urging my colleagues in the Senate to join me in standing up against it.
Sincerely,
TimKaine
How much do you think illegal aliens are costing your state, Tim?
Don’t care. Virginia voted for Communism and that state can go to hell now. Even the Republicans in Virginia are betrayers who help the Dems rig elections.
That would interfere with 'Kiddie Porn" Kaine's brown child sex-trafficking operation...
<< Our military construction funding should be used for safety improvements that protect our troops and bolster our national security, not for a vanity project. >>
1) The border wall bolsters our national security much more than anything Kaine and his fellow travelers would rather spend the money on.
2) Since when are libs concerned with our national security?
That’s right. If the democrat traitors in Congress would fund a border wall, the President would not have to take this measure. Senator Kaine, shut up!
Who cares what a communist loser has to say?
What can possibly be more critically ‘national security’ than securing our borders?
True!
Ok Kaine. If you are so concerned about these projects, introduce a bill the will fund these projects independently.
keaine is an idiot.
It’s hard to say more ...
Right now it should be THE most important military operation, or among the top at least.
Since when do Rats Care about military construction spending?The only time they care is when their local area is being effected one way or the other.
Otherwise they are against any construction at all.
Tim Kaine is for Open Borders and funding Illegal Aliens healthcare. He, nor ANY OTHER DEMOCRAT, COULD GIVE TWO WHITS ABOUT MILITARY FUNDING!!
In VA, I am proud to say I have voted for the ‘loser’ for the past few Senate elections.
IMNSHO, the ONLY legacy Kaine should be saddled with is he was picked to be VP in a 100% lock, shoo-in race and he did not even have the grace to resign his Senate seat.
No matter what one may think of Bob Dole, he had the manners to resign his Senate seat while running for Pres.
Then again, the ‘talk’ was that McAwful was supposed to be the VP so he could just ‘step in’ when HRC was ‘finished’.
McA must have ‘known’ something was amiss as he didn’t get the nod, maybe he had a conscience over the way that Bernie was screwed over...NAH....
“President Trump’s decision to pull funding from critical national security projects is deeply concerning.”
The border IS national security!
It’s quite literally the edge of our nation and it’s being overrun by Invaders!
Defending the borders of our nation is the first duty of our military.
We built a SCIF at Fort Hood using surplus lumber and supplies. TEN MILLION DOLLARS?! I doubt if we spent $500 dollars. Something’s fishy.
its not PDJT’s wall, its OUR wall
and
it is not anyone’s vanity project, ha ha
its to help defend our country (from any MORE Islamic terroristas or Mexican drug gangsters getting IN here, as if we don’t already have WAY too many anyway!!!)
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