Hampton Roads' four congressmen don't think Virginia's two senators are doing enough to block the Navy's plans to move a Norfolk-based aircraft carrier to Mayport, Fla.
The four House members recently sent a letter expressing concern that while the House's approved 2012 defense budget specifically prohibits spending money to prepare the Florida naval station to base a nuclear carrier, a proposed Senate budget does not.
The Senate version, which was approved by the chamber's Armed Services Committee this month and is headed to the full body, includes $15 million for Mayport improvements in advance of the proposed 2019 carrier relocation. The total cost of a carrier move is expected to be hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Congress should stay out of military matters like this -- and we learned that it is not wise for all our men-of-war to have the same home port - REMEMBER PEARL HARBOR!
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