Sun, Dec 19, 2010
Department Would "Suffer Consequences" From Continuing
Resolution
AIA said Thursday it agrees with comments by Defense Secretary
Robert M. Gates warning that the department would suffer adverse
consequences if Congress fails to pass a full defense
appropriations bill as part of any funding package. If DOD is
required to operate under a year-long continuing resolution,
instead of full appropriations, Gates said it would leave the
department "without the resources and flexibility needed to meet
vital military requirements."
AIA says that the FAA and NASA could also suffer under an
omnibus continuing resolution.
"Congress needs to take Secretary Gates' concerns into account,"
said AIA President and CEO Marion C. Blakey. "Asking DOD to manage
its vast and complex operations under a year-long continuing
resolution would hurt efforts to meet needs that are sometimes
unanticipated in wartime. The disruption to critical programs could
have adverse effects on the defense industrial base."
Gates noted that the proposed continuing resolution "would cut
defense funding by about $19 billion, but would not reduce or
eliminate any of the additional bills the department must pay in
the coming year. We will need to cover the military pay raise,
increases in military health care costs, higher fuel prices, and
other 'fact of life' bills," the secretary continued. "None of
these additional costs are covered by a continuing resolution."
Marion Blakey
"NASA and the FAA would face similar challenges under a
continuing resolution," said Blakey. "Operations vital to our
national security and economic prosperity could suffer without full
appropriations for these agencies."
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