ROCK ISLAND–(ENEWSPF)–August 26, 2013. U.S. Senator Mark Kirk (R-Ill.) today visited the Rock Island Arsenal Joint Manufacturing and Technology Center (JMTC) and conducted a roundtable meeting with local employers, elected officials and Arsenal representatives regarding efforts to encourage more public-private partnerships on the island. Senator Kirk, a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, recently backed the Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 authored by Sen. Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) which will help lower overhead costs in order to encourage more work at the JMTC.
