SCOTT AIR FORCE BASE–(ENEWSPF)–April 15, 2014. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.), U.S. Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Lieutenant Governor Sheila Simon today joined newly confirmed Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James in a visit to Scott Air Force Base. Sen. Kirk is the ranking member of the Senate Military Construction and Veterans’ Affairs Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees discretionary spending for military base construction. Sen. Durbin is the chair of the Senate Defense Appropriations Subcommittee, which oversees discretionary spending for our nation’s military, including bases.
