At Least $28.5 Million at Stake in Virginia’s Second Congressional District
WASHINGTON – Congresswoman Elaine Luria today highlighted new Defense Department data revealing the potential effects of the President’s national emergency declaration on military families and communities in Virginia’s Second Congressional District.
According to the new data, the declaration threatens to divert between $28.5 million and $191 million of urgently needed military construction funding that is critical to Virginia, the security of our nation, and the well-being our men and women in uniform and military families.
The wide range is due to the fact that the administration currently says it won’t raid projects with award dates before Sept. 30, 2019. Still, at least nine military construction initiatives in Virginia’s Second Congressional District appear on a list of projects whose funding could be diverted to a border wall.
“The House and Senate have already voted against diverting valuable military funding to other projects,” Congresswoman Luria said. “This issue transcends politics, and I am proud to stand with Members of Congress on both sides of the aisle to uphold the Constitution, defend our system of checks and balances, and protect military funding designed to keep Virginia and America safe.”
Earlier this month, the House and Senate both voted to terminate the emergency declaration under the authority provided in the National Emergencies Act. After the votes, the President issued his first veto. Congresswoman Luria recently cosponsored bipartisan legislation that would require congressional signoff on national emergency declarations.
The President’s emergency declaration undermines the training, readiness, and quality of life of our military and their families by potentially targeting the following nine high-priority construction initiatives in Virginia’s Second Congressional District:
Dam Neck
- June 2019: SOF Magazines – $8,959,000
- August 2019: ISR Operations Facility Expansion – $29,262,000
- September 2019: Reserve Training Center Complex – $18,443,000
Joint Base Langley-Eustis
- April 2019: Aircraft Maintenance Instructional Building – $34,000,000
- May 2019: Fuel System Maintenance Dock – $14,200,000
- June 2019: Fuel Facilities Replacement, Ground Vehicle Fueling Facility Replacement – $12,700,000
- July 2019: Air Force Targeting Center – $45,000,000
- January 2020: Construct Cyber Ops Facility – $10,000,000
Naval Station Norfolk
- January 2020: Replace Hazardous Materials Warehouse – $18,500,000
Congresswoman Elaine Luria represents Virginia’s 2nd Congressional District. She serves on the House Armed Services Committee, where she is the Vice Chair of the Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, and the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, where she serves as Chair of the Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs Subcommittee.
I seriously dislike so much of the modus operandi of politics in this country. Ms. Luria is doing some wonderful work in her office. I appreciate her prior service to this country, and I am glad she is trying hard in the swamp that is D.C. That being said, with full disclosure, I voted for her opponent. She won, so I support her.
The first sentence of this comment is here because I wish that she would inform us completely, and give us both sides of the equation. If she wishes to create a press release like this, she, at the same time, should display a balance sheet for all of The President’s Armed Forces budget for her district. The figures here are an incomplete report.
i.e…….is it possible this report of potential losses, is including all or some of the increases Mr. Trump gave us, so we actually lose nothing ?
OR, is it also possible that with the increases The President created for the country, and this area, we still had an increase in funding locally ?
I just don’t have the whole story here. It’s showing me a steak on the grill. I don’t know if it’s noteworthy until 10 minutes after it’s fully on my plate.
Thank you.
Think about it for one blessed minute without the politics.
She is accusing Mr. Trump of endangering the safety of Americans by diverting these funds, as if Mr. Trump doesn’t care about American citizens.
Couldn’t it just be possible that he knows exactly what he’s doing?
I know, I know, orange haired dummy!
Wait check that.
Orange haired BILLIONAIRE dummy!