Sale of Middleburg Training Center

Floor Speech

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Mr. SUBRAMANYAM. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to bring to the attention of the House the potential sale of the Middleburg Training Center to the Army.

The training center has been a bedrock of the town's local economy since its establishment in 1956. It is one of the leading horse training facilities in the country and a major driver of the local economy. There is really not a horse training facility, public or private, nearby.

To be clear, we welcome the Army and the Old Guard Caisson Detachment in Loudoun, but we need to give the community a voice in this process and consider alternative sites that won't disrupt the local economy.

If this sale goes through, thousands of jobs and tens of millions of dollars that benefit the local economy may be lost.

I ask that we slow this process down and consider an alternative site within the region that can appropriately accommodate the Caisson horses and provide a turnkey solution for the Army's needs.

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