[Congressional Record Volume 151, Number 87 (Monday, June 27, 2005)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1364-E1365]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




             REGARDING MEETING WITH GENERAL LLOYD W. NEWTON

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                        HON. MICHAEL H. MICHAUD

                                of maine

                    in the house of representatives

                         Monday, June 27, 2005

  Mr. MICHAUD. Mr. Speaker, on June 27th and 28th, I have requested an 
official leave of absence to attend to issues that are of vital 
importance to the people of Maine. I will be meeting with Base 
Realignment and Closure (BRAC) representative General Lloyd W. Newton 
at the Defense Finance and Accounting Service in Limestone, Maine. This 
facility is currently slated to close as part of the BRAC process. I 
will be leading General Lloyd W. Newton on a tour of the base to 
present the case that the facility must not be closed.

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  Currently, 362 hardworking Mainers are employed in the Limestone 
facility. Aroostook County and Northern Maine have already been 
devastated by the closure of the Loring Air Force Base. Additional job 
loss, along with the losses due to the proposed realignment at 
Brunswick Naval Air Station and Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, would have a 
serious impact in Maine. It is important for me to meet personally with 
General Newton, along with Governor Baldacci, so that we can stress the 
critical service that this facility provides for the military and its 
vital importance to the Maine economy.

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