[Congressional Record Volume 159, Number 107 (Wednesday, July 24, 2013)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E1123]
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             DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2014

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                               speech of

                          HON. ANDER CRENSHAW

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                         Tuesday, July 23, 2013

       The House in Committee of the Whole House on the state of 
     the Union had under consideration the bill (H.R. 2397) making 
     appropriations for the Department of Defense for the fiscal 
     year ending September 30, 2014, and for other purposes:

  Mr. CRENSHAW. Madam Chair, I rise today in support of H.R. 2397, the 
Department of Defense Appropriations Bill, for Fiscal Year 2014 and to 
recognize the important role played by management companies in the 
successful operation of the Department of Defense's Defense Personal 
Property Program, or DP3.
   I would like to thank Chairman Young and Ranking Member Visclosky 
for including report language I submitted to the Subcommittee on 
Defense regarding the DP3 program. I am proud to note that one of the 
management companies that helps make this program successful is located 
in my congressional district.
   Both the Chairman and the Ranking Member have long standing 
commitments to improving the quality of life of military members and 
their families. Our members of the military are required to make 
countless moves during their military service. Providing high-quality 
moves that provide satisfaction to the service member and his/her 
family is important to morale, well-being and retention.
   The Department of Defense also understands the tremendous challenges 
associated with completing the countless number of defense personal 
property moves. Because of dissatisfaction and nightmares associated 
with previous military personal property movement programs, the 
Department of Defense adopted the Defense Personal Property Program 
with the goal of achieving efficient, satisfactory, and seamless 
military moves.
   My purpose in speaking today is to note the significant 
contributions that management companies are making to DP3 by assisting 
transportation service providers to reduce costs and improve the 
quality of each military move. While improving these critical moves, 
DP3 has improved the quality of life enabling higher levels of 
personnel readiness.
  Madam Chair, again, I offer my thanks to the Chairman and Ranking 
Member of the Subcommittee on Defense for their inclusion of this 
important language on the DP3 and for allowing me the opportunity to 
comment on the important role that management companies play in the 
success of this program.

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