U.S. Rep. Austin Scott Skeptical BRAC Will Be Approved
Press release from the issuing company
Monday, April 15th, 2013
A new request for a Base Realignment and Closure Commission isn’t likely to gain traction in Congress, 8th District U.S. Rep. Austin Scott said Thursday.
Scott serves on the House Armed Services Committee, which would have to approve it.
“I haven’t heard any support from anybody on the committee on BRAC,” he said.
He made the comment in a telephone interview shortly after Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel and Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Gen. Martin Dempsey appeared before the committee to discuss the military’s fiscal 2014 budget request. The budget calls for a BRAC in 2015.
Scott, R-Ashburn, questioned estimates that the Department of Defense has at least 20 percent more infrastructure than it needs, which is the primary basis for the BRAC request.
“If they know where that overage is, then they need to tell us what it is,” he said.
“We have not seen the evidence of that, and I do not believe we have excess capacity.”
