While Gabrielle Giffords wiles away with her own little agenda, mainly Obamacare and refundable taxpayer energy for herself, she fails to stop the loss of 488 jobs at Ft. Huachuca. And it appears likely that we will lose another 700 jobs over the next few years. In her campaign for re-election she focused on a better economic agenda and better jobs for Arizona yet is defenseless on this issue. These jobs are going to Ft. Bliss in El Paso, TX. This military establishment is in the Congressional district of Democrat Congressman, Silvestre Reyes, who serves as the influential Chairman of the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Congressman Reyes is also a senior Member of the House Armed Services Committee, the primary committee responsible for the funding and oversight of the Department of Defense (DOD). The committee plays a central role in determining funding levels for Fort Bliss.
So while our Congresswoman, Gabrielle Giffords, plies her wares at the Copenhagen Climate Conference; with her husband tagging along(probably at tax payer expense), the wily Congressman from Texas raids her cupboard.
One hardly thinks that this was an overnight occurrence, but the first time we hear about it is when we open the local newspaper and read the headlines. Who knows, maybe she traded this for Reyes' support on her solar energy campaign and we will get the jobs back in 2020?
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