. -- brac. there will be a brac job 101 on annapolis street from 7 p.m.30 scheduled for tonight. anne arundel and howard county officials will help run the presentation. >>> news time is #:49. -- 4:49. paul konerko scored twice to help the white sox win over baltimore. orioles starter gutherie allowed 4 runs. he struck out 4 and walked 2 remaining winless since opening day. >>> now maryland's most powerful doppler radar and the forecast certified most accurate by weatherate. >> good morning. and 4:50. some of you are tuning in to see some of the incredible video that we have got in overnight from new zealand as tornado tore through the area. we want to talk about local weather. the animal -- almanac typically we expect a high of 07 wiewb -- but we should shoot high above that mark. 91 on the high end in 1913 and a few years ago we hit 34 degrees. hey, by the way, the sun up at 6:06 and down at 8:01. we are deep into the 8:00 sunlight that should last through august the 17th. we will be seeing the sun. that's the question. most lidley cloudy skies showers

brac-related transportation infrastructure costs are subject to a number of uncertainties. according to the g.a.o., and i quote, not all potential projects are included in the estimate, military staffing levels at some growth installations are in flux and location decisions of military and civilian personnel have not yet been made. and pre-existing nonmilitary community growth makes a direct link between transportation projects to military growth very difficult. to complete some critical projects before brac growth occurs, state and local officials are reprioritizing planned projects and implementing those projects that can be completed quickly. g.a.o. in fact cited projects from maryland to texas and all across the country where certain low cost intersection projects -- the chair: the gentlewoman's time has expired. ms. edwards: with that i would yield. and ask for consideration of the amendment. the chair: for what purpose does the gentleman from california rise? >> i claim the time in opposition. although i am not opposed to the amendment. the chair: without objection wi

this is going outside of brac. i'd like to yield two minutes to my colleague from ohio. the chair: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. >> thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thank mr. turner for yielding and offering this important amendment. it's especially critical as we continue our work in the house of cutting unnecessary spending and breaking transparency and accountability for taxpayers' dollars that we have an amendment like this in place. and this amendment, again, simply asks the department of defense and air force to provide that same transparency. the air force is merging as we heard two important areas of logistics with the enterprise logistics systems, e.l.s., and enterprise systems e.l.s. into a newport folio. mr. austria: again this amendment is simply saying as you make this merger, you make this -- combine these two different portfolios, do a cost benefit analysis. e.i.s. which includes activities such as e.c.s. and others have been shown to be cost efficient. and much needed to modern .ize the air force logistics twhrog systems and serv

when the brac process is complete, an additional 3,000 personnel will work there, bringing the total to 18,000 personnel. unfortunately when considering shifting resources. , the commission did not account for changes outside the gate required to deliver outside personnel to the installation. and i refer to the installation as one of many examples across the country of these significant brac impacts on local infrastructure. the underlying bill corrects the transportation infrastructure impacts related to realignment. if a significant transportation impact will occur as a result of of a realignment action, the action may not be taken unless the secretary analyzes the impact on local governments. these can be significant and unaccounted for. my amendment keeps with the spirit of the bill addressing transportation infrastructure and simply ensures that our constituents and local congressional districts will congressional districts will have the

not in the brac commission, not one mention. where did it originate?not with this committee or with the navy. it originated with this resolution which was from the chamber of commerce for jacksonville t city of jacksonville that said that they called on the mayor of the city council, the governor and the members of the congressional delegation to come together with this plan to get more ships to jacksonville not for national strategic reasons but for jobs. the next thing that happened city council adopted it, next thing from that we had a resolution entered into by the appropriations committee. and that's how we got to where we are today. mr. chairman, as you look, one of the things that began falling apart was the strategic reasons. when the evidence came together, it was first argued all of this would be like pearl harbor. we've got all these ships together and something could happen and hit them at one time until the navy saw a chart that said that the ships had only been together 34 days in last six years and the navy said, oh, we were wrong on tha

through brac we've moved out of neighborhoods all over the country so we're not in the churches, coaching the teams in the schools, living in the neighborhoods. so the relationship or the understanding is often created by just what's in the media and i don't expect that's going to change in terms of physical size. we're not going to move in. i think we have to recognize that as a challenge. and the reason i'm so concerned about it, is america's military must stay connected to the american people. and if we wake up one day and find out that we're disconnected or almost disconnected, i think that's a very bad outcome for the country. so we all to have work on that. that's part of what military leadership must do and also i think in being a two-way street connecting with leaders and the ameran people throughout the country. and one of the great avenues for that our guard and reserves who live throughout the country, who serve, obviously, out of communities, local communities, and i think we can do a better job connecting there to ensure that -- that that very important connection between the