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| url | title | date | year | month | party | chamber | state | member_name | bioguide_id | domain | scraper | source | date_source | text | has_text | collected_at | updated_at |
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| https://web.archive.org/web/20140502053528/http://pearce.house.gov/press-release/congressman-pearce-obama-expected-choose-arizona-company%E2%80%99s-profits-over-national | CONGRESSMAN PEARCE: OBAMA EXPECTED TO CHOOSE ARIZONA COMPANY’S PROFITS OVER NATIONAL SECURITY, NEW MEXICO JOBS | 2014-04-30 | 2014 | 2014-04 | Republican | House | NM | Steve Pearce | P000588 | web.archive.org | legacy | Washington, DC (April 30, 2014) Today, Congressman Steve Pearce learned that the White House is expected to announce its decision to allow SunZia to run its transmission line through the northern area of the White Sands Missile Range. By selecting this route, President Barack Obama has decided to choose an Arizona company's profits over national security and New Mexico jobs. "It is irresponsible that the White House would side with corporate profits over the safety and wellbeing of our men and women in uniform," said Congressman Steve Pearce. "White Sands Missile Range provides the military with the only long-range, 'live-fire' facility to test future weapons systems essential for our national defense. Allowing the SunZia project to interfere with our national security shows this administration's continued disregard for those who risk their lives for our freedom. We must not allow political influence and corporate profits to interfere with national security. It is not an accedptable answer for the people of New Mexico or the people of the United States." Senior Army, Navy, and Defense officials have repeatedly opposed Obama's apparent selectede route, which would reduce WSMR's operations by 30 percent. A reduction of this size, would reduce the range's ability to conduct critical national security operations. Earlier this year, the President proposed a budget that would gut military spending. To combat the constrained environment, the Secretary of Defense highlighted the necessity to create a more technologically advanced military -- there is no location in the world better suited to do so then WSMR. The increasing tension between Russia's President Vladimir Putin and Ukraine, the situation in Syria, Iran's efforts to enrich uranium, China's military advancements, and North Korea's work on longer-range missiles; only remind us that this is not a time for America to lose further ground on any aspect of its national security. Last month, senior administration officials and congressional staff were briefed on a classified report that showed several potential negative impacts this project would have on the mission at WSMR. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology study concluded that construction of the line across the northern extension area would adversely affect the national security test missions at the facility. DOD proposed an alternative that would allow construction of the line and protect missions at WSMR. SunZia has steadfastly resisted moving the route a few miles outside the range or burying the line, citing cost as the prohibiting factor. If the President approves SunZia's desired route, it will not be for the benefit of New Mexicans, it will be for the benefit of a special-interest corporation. | 1 | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z | 2026-03-30T12:14:52Z |