ROCK ISLAND, IL–(ENEWSPF)–August 2, 2013. U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Mark Kirk (R-IL) said today that the Department of Defense appropriations bill which passed the Senate Appropriations Committee yesterday will give the Rock Island Arsenal the support it needs to remain strong while transitioning into peacetime operations. The legislation, the first which Durbin has passed through the Defense Appropriations Subcommittee since being named chairman earlier this year, contains several provisions to ensure the Arsenal maintains a sustainable workload as the country’s Armed Forces wind down their overseas involvements.
