Carter Calls on Obama Administration to Make Budget Documents Public

Statement

Congressman Earl L. "Buddy" Carter (GA-01) today called on the Obama Administration to make its analysis of a proposed State Department training facility public. The Office of Management and Budget's (OMB) review, which Carter recently read personally, makes clear that utilizing and expanding existing facilities at the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center (FLETC) is more efficient and effective than building duplicative facilities at the proposed Foreign Affairs Training Center (FAST-C) at Fort Pickett, Virginia. While the report is not classified, the OMB has thus far refused to publicly release the documents.

"The Obama Administration's stonewalling of Congress and the American people on this issue has got to come to an end," said Carter. "The White House's own analysis lays bare any illusion that building a duplicative new facility is a better use of taxpayer dollars than maximizing existing resources. Releasing this report would better inform the debate over how to best meet the training needs of those protecting American outposts around the world. Continuing to stifle congressional oversight serves to do little more than delay bringing this important training online."

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