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Originally Posted by Pookie
I am a die-hard conservative, and it pains me to suggest this, but remember Lamar Alexander on election day. His dog & pony show is fairly transparent to most.
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I feel obligated to stand up in Senator Alexander's defense on this issue.
Senator Alexander doesn't have much direct authority over the Corps of Engineers, but he did look into the issue and pushed the Corps to take public input before implementing their new policy. At a minimum, he delayed what probably would have been implemented with NO public communication at all if Lt. Col. DeLapp had his way.
To be clear, I wish Senator Alexander had done more. Maybe he still will. At least he's shown some active involvement and interest in the issue.
Compare that to the rest of Tennessee's Congressional delegation. Senator Corker passed the buck and did not do ANYTHING. Rep. Diane Black sent a nice e-mail response to people but refused to say a word to the Corps. I couldn't even get a reply from the rest of our elected reps.
THOSE are the people we need to remember on election day. At least Senator Alexander made some effort on behalf of his constituents. Nobody else did.
Oh, and by the way, saying Senator Alexander could immediately "cut off funding" from the Corps for this policy is a bit uninformed. The Senate doesn't individually approve every single line item in the United States Army's budget. We're talking about general operational funds to the Corps of Engineers that's already been appropriated, and no single Senator is going to have enough pull to do anything about that.
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