Congress to hold hearing on F-22 parts plans

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Congress to hold hearing on F-22 parts plans
Staff writer - Staff writer
Posted : Friday Nov 14, 2008 16:53:28 EST

The Pentagon’s plan to spend $50 million to buy parts for four more F-22s should be enough to keep the stealth fighter program going until March, a Defense Department official said Nov. 13.

But the chairman of the House Armed Services air and land forces subcommittee said that’s not good enough.

Congress approved spending $140 million on parts for 20 F-22s, and that’s what the Pentagon must do, said Rep. Neil Abercrombie, D-Hawaii.

“I keep looking in my copy of the Constitution for the clause that says the Pentagon can do what it damn well pleases, and I can’t find it,” Abercrombie said Nov. 14. “They have to do what Congress says.”

In September, lawmakers set aside $140 million to keep the F-22 program alive long enough for President-elect Barack Obama.


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uhc comment: We canceled the B-1 program because it was too expensive. We canceled the B-2 program because it was too expensive. We canceled the missile shield program because it was too expensive. Give it up guys - this program is another money pit.