20070516 Congressman Bartlett’s Floor Statement on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces

Congressman Bartlett’s Floor Statement on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces

For Immediate Release:

Contact: Josh Holly (HASC), 202-226-3988

May 16, 2007

Lisa Wright (Bartlett), 202-225-2721

PRESS RELEASE

Floor Statement of Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee Ranking Member Roscoe Bartlett

Debate on H.R. 1585 the Fiscal Year 2008 National Defense Authorization Act

Washington, D.C. – House Armed Services Subcommittee on Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Ranking Republican Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD) released the following floor statement for the House general debate on the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008:

“I rise in strong support of H.R. 1585.

“First, I would like to take this opportunity to recognize the outstanding service rendered to the Nation by our men and women in uniform – who, like their forebearers, are meeting today’s security challenges with true dedication and professionalism.

“I would also like to thank the gentleman from Mississippi, Mr. Taylor, Chairman of the Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee, on which I serve as Ranking Member, for his leadership, friendship, and unwavering commitment to our service members. I also want to thank the staff for their hard work, diligence and excellent assistance.

“Mr. Chairman, I think our colleagues will find that this bill reflects a fair and balanced treatment of the issues facing the United States Navy and Marine Corps. In collaboration with the Air and Land Forces Subcommittee and Chairman Skelton and Ranking Member Hunter, we provided full funding of the Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicle, or MRAP, which is protecting our troops against IEDs.

“By strengthening the shipbuilding program and authorizing 8 new ships, we addressed the Navy’s number one and number two unfunded priorities. We must reverse the steady decline in the number of battle force ships we have seen for nearly two decades.

“Nevertheless, in order to provide the number of ships our warfighters say they need, we must inject fiscal discipline into our shipbuilding programs. To that end, H.R. 1585 includes a provision that would limit the practice of design and build concurrency – a practice which has delayed and increased costs for a number of shipbuilding programs.

“Continuing efforts from prior years’ defense authorization bills, we have included a provision to push for modernization in shipyards through process, infrastructure improvements, or workforce training.

“An April 2007 study commissioned by the Department of Defense found that the risks associated with the cost and supply of oil will make the US military's ability to rapidly deploy on demand "unsustainable in the long term." H.R. 1585 also forges new ground by requiring that future major combatant vessels have integrated nuclear propulsion

“I will conclude by applauding the remaining provisions in the bill supporting the Navy and Marine Corps and authorizing appropriations and authorities for the Maritime Administration.

“I urge your full support of H.R. 1585.”

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20070514 Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Announces Art Competition Winners for 2007

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Announces Art Competition Winners for 2007

For Immediate Release

Contact: Lisa Lyons Wright or Monica DeLong at

May 14, 2007

lisa.wright@mail.house.gov

Washington, DC - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett is pleased to announce the winners from the Sixth Congressional District of the Artistic Discovery Competition for Senior High Students.

Mr. Nicholas Kasnia from Carroll County was named "Best in Show."

"The 2007 Congressional Artistic Discovery Competition for Senior High School students provided a wonderful opportunity for the young people of the Sixth Congressional District to showcase their talents," said Congressman Roscoe Bartlett.

"Congratulations to all the winners of the competition and all of the students who entered the competition for their hard work and dedication to their passion."

Artistic Discovery is a high school art competition coordinated by individual Members of the U.S. House of Representatives.

Best in Show winner Nicholas Kasnia is a student at Century High School in Carroll County. His winning entry will be on display with other district winners in the U.S. Capitol for one year. Congressman Bartlett called Mr. Kasnia to congratulate him as well as the winners in the five categories.

The other winners from the Sixth Congressional District in five categories were:

Photography - Brittany Kline, Middletown High School, Frederick County

Mixed Media - Dhaval Kumar Kalavadia, Winters Mill High School, Carroll County

Computer Generated Art - Soren Dodge, Middletown High School, Frederick County

Drawing - Lauren Sasser, Winters Mill High School, Carroll County

Painting - Emily Benfield, Middletown High School, Frederick County

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20070511 Rep. Bartlett Flies with MD Civil Air Patrol

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett Flies with MD Civil Air Patrol on Mission over the Chesapeake Bay

May 11th, 2007

Civil Air Patrol, Maryland Wing

Congressman on patrol over the Chesapeake

By Capt. Ron Laurenzo, Group I, Maryland Wing

5/11/2007-Frederick, MD-U.S. Representative Roscoe Bartlett, his Chief of Staff Harold Otis, and Mrs. Bartlett got a great view of the Chesapeake Bay Bridge and a whole lot more in a Civil Air Patrol glass cockpit Cessna 182 recently on a crystal clear spring day.

The veteran congressman's first flight with the CAP gave him a taste of the kind of search and rescue and homeland security missions flown every day by volunteer air crews from the Air Force's civilian auxiliary. Group I Commander, Major Dave Lawlor, flew the Congressman and his party.

"There aren't many bargains with government, but this is one of them," Bartlett said at Frederick Municipal Airport in Frederick, Md., after the flight. CAP's light aircraft search for lost hikers, boats, downed aircraft, and observe nuclear power plants and other critical infrastructure, all for a fraction of what it would cost the military to fly those missions.

"This money is really leveraged," said Bartlett, a senior member of the House Science Committee and ranking member of the Armed Service's Seapower and Expeditionary Forces Subcommittee. "We buy a plane and everything else pretty much is free."

Read more through the link: http://mdcap.org/?fuseaction=article.display&articleID=271

For more information contact Lisa Lyons Wright, Press Secretary/Energy and Stem Cell Legislative Assistant for Rep. Roscoe Bartlett, 2412 Rayburn, office 202-225-2721

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20070504 Bartlett Bill Requiring NIE about climate change

Bartlett Bill Requiring NIE about climate change included in Intelligence Authorization

House Floor Vote week of May 7

For Immediate Release May 4, 2007

Contact: Jessica Schafer (Markey) 202-225-2836

http://markey.house.gov

Lisa Wright (Bartlett) 202-225-2721

Intelligence Bill Includes Markey-Bartlett Requirement for Assessment of Global Warming Threat to U.S. Security

WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence approved the inclusion in their primary intelligence policy bill of language, derived from a bill by Representatives Edward J. Markey (D-MA) and Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD), requiring a National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) assessing the security challenges arising from global warming.

The Markey-Bartlett Global Climate Change Security Oversight Act, H.R. 1961, was introduced last month.

"A thorough analysis of the connection between global warming and our own national security will be a crucial planning and risk-assessment tool as the Congress seeks innovative solutions to global warming. Just a few weeks ago, in the first hearing of my Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, we focused on the geopolitical and national security consequences of global warming. At the hearing, former Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army General Gordon Sullivan talked of the rise of regional conflict due to drought, famine and disease, which are all made worse by global warming pollution. General Sullivan endorsed my NIE legislation, and reminded us that the chaos and violence in Somalia is an example of what happens when drought begets famine, and famine begets conflict," said Rep. Markey.

"A National Intelligence Estimate of the impact of climate change on U.S. national and economic security was the number one recommendation by a blue-ribbon panel of 11 retired generals and admirals and I am very pleased that it has been included in the Intelligence Authorization," said Rep. Bartlett.

Developed to assess the most serious threats to the United States, NIEs are the most authoritative intelligence judgments concerning national security issues. This NIE will study the political, social, agricultural, and economic risks associated with global warming over the next 30 years.

Markey added, "Intelligence Committee Chairman Reyes and Subcommittee Chairwoman Eshoo should be commended for taking the initiative to ensure that the Intelligence Authorization bill includes a requirement for an NIE of the geopolitical and security risks of global warming. The inclusion of this provision is an important step towards getting America's intelligence and defense community to think clearly about the security and political implications that global warming could have for us in the 21st century."

The Intelligence Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008, H.R. 2082, is expected on the House Floor for debate next week.

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20070207 Daily Photoblog Deborah Burrell Triptych

Deborah Burrell, Case Manager for 6th District Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett

Wednesday, February 7th, 2007

Deborah L. Burrell, Case Manager for 6th District Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, answers the phone, keeps track of her computer screen, answers questions and fights an ever-growing mound of paperwork in her 15 East Main Street, Westminster office.

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20070131 Congressman Bartlett What Made America Great

What Made America Great?
For Immediate Release:
January 31, 2007

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett explains why every one of our Nations' founders is rolling in their grave over today's politically correct but factually and historically incorrect interpretation of the First Establishment Clause as freedom from religion instead of freedom of religion.

TONIGHT Wednesday, January 31, 2007

C-SPAN coverage of House Floor Special Order Speech

@7:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. Eastern

LIVE on cable and the Internet. Streaming video on C-SPAN can be accessed on the Internet at http://www.cspan.org/watch/. The C-SPAN toll-free number to order video or DVD copies of floor speeches by date and time is 1-877-662-7726.

The speech will be printed in the Congressional Record and can be downloaded using the www.thomas.loc.gov search engine.

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20070105 28 GOP Congressman say send trained Iraqi Units to Baghdad

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett 1 of 28 Republican Members Who Encourage President Bush to Send Trained Iraqi Army Units to Baghdad

Rep. Roscoe Bartlett was one of twenty-eight Republican Members of Congress sent the following letter to President Bush today, encouraging him to move "the 21 Iraqi battalions which are trained and equipped, and which are located in peaceful provinces, into the fight in Baghdad."

January 5, 2007

The Honorable George W. Bush
The White House
Washington, D.C.

Dear Mr. President:

On the eve of your decision regarding an adjusted policy on Iraq, please allow us to, as strongly as possible, make the case for moving the 21 Iraqi battalions which are trained and equipped, and which are located in peaceful provinces, into the fight in Baghdad.

Presently, eight of the 18 Iraq provinces experience less than one attack per day.

Their description follows:

Province - Attacks/day - (Iraqi Battalions)

Maysan <1>(3)

Dhi Qar <1>(3)

Muthanna <1>(3)

An-Najaf <1>(0)

Karbala <1>(3)

Sulamaniyah <1>(3)

Irbil <1>(6)

Dahuk <1>(0)

The key to establishing an adequate security apparatus in any new nation is developing operational capability in military forces. The way to develop mature Iraqi forces is to move all of them into the fight.

This logical move should be non-negotiable. The Iraq Ministry of Defense (MOD) can make this happen by simply issuing the order, as any defense ministry does, to the relevant Battalion or Brigade Commanders. If the direct order is disobeyed, the Iraqi officers who won't go should be replaced with ones who will obey.

Mr. President, this requirement of Iraq sending all its battalions into the fight should not be finessed or deflected by the MOD. It should be an absolute U.S. requirement, made as it is against the backdrop of the enormous U.S. effort which has brought the new Iraq government into existence.

Sincerely,

Duncan Hunter (R-CA); Todd Akin (R-MO); Rodney Alexander (R-LA); Roscoe Bartlett (R-MD); Charles Boustany (R-LA); Dan Burton (R-IN); Steve Buyer (R-IN); Geoff Davis (R-KY); Thelma Drake (R-VA); Jo Ann Emerson (R-MO); Terry Everett (R-AL); Randy Forbes (R-VA); Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE); Trent Franks (R-AZ); Phil Gingrey (R-GA); Sam Graves (R-MO); Wally Herger (R-CA); Frank LoBiondo (R-NJ); Michael McCaul (R-TX); Candice Miller (R-MI); Jim Ramstad (R-MN); Rick Renzi (R-AZ); Dana Rohrbacher (R-CA); Jim Saxton (R-NJ); Bill Shuster (R-PA); Joe Wilson (R-SC); Zack Wamp (R-TN); Bill Young (R-FL)

Cc: The Honorable Robert Gates

20070104 Congressman Bartlett Introduces 14 Bills at Start of 110th Congress

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Introduces 14 Bills at Start of 110th Congress, Recognizes Historic First Woman Speaker

January 4, 2007

WASHINGTON, D.C. – On the first day of the 110th Congress, Congressman Roscoe Bartlett said that, “America is the greatest country in the world and every first day of every new Congress we set a new world record.

We are blessed to have a federal government that is the world’s longest continuously operating constitutional republic.

2007 marks the 15th year that I will have the honor to serve more than 660,000 residents of the Sixth District of Maryland as their representative in the Congress.

I have introduced fourteen bills and I look forward to advancing them and three priority issues: ethical embryonic stem cell research, energy, and electro-magnetic pulse (EMP).

Marylanders should be very proud that Nancy Pelosi has become the first woman Speaker of the House of Representatives in our nation’s history.”

Energy

Peak Oil Resolution - Reintroduction of H. Res 507 that expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that the United States, in collaboration with other international allies, should establish an energy project with the magnitude, creativity, and sense of urgency that was incorporated in the ‘‘Man on the Moon’’ project address the inevitable challenges of ‘‘Peak Oil’’.

Energy Farm Bill – Reintroduction of H. R. 5925 to support federal research, development, demonstration, and commercial application activities to enable the development of farms that are net producers of both food and energy.

Expanded Tax Credit for Hybrid Vehicles – Introduced a new bill to increase

from 60,000 to 250,000 the annual limit on vehicles, such as hybrids, eligible for the alternative motor vehicle tax credit.

Stem Cell Research

Congressman Bartlett’s bill H.R. 5526, the Alternative Pluripotent Stem Cell Therapies Enhancement Act. Pluripotent stem cells are cells which can specialize into any bodily tissue, but cannot themselves develop into a human being. The Bartlett bill would accelerate federal research on pluripotent stem cells without harming human embryos. It was the most popular pluripotent stem cell bill -- supported by 100 Senators and 273 House members as well as the President during the 109th Congress. It did not become law because of parliamentary procedures. Under the Rules Package of the new Democratic leadership of the House, no debate and no vote will be permitted about any alternatives when the House votes next week on the reintroduction of H.R. 810, the Castle-DeGette stem cell bill.

Defense and Homeland Security

Improving National Capital Area Homeland Defense – Reintroduction of H.R. 44 to evaluate the definition of the National Capital Region used by the Department of Homeland Security to determine whether the definition should be modified to include additional jurisdictions in the States of Maryland and Virginia along Interstate Routes 270, 95, and 66.

Enhanced and Modernized GI Benefits - Reintroduction of H.R. 3625, the Bartlett Montgomery GI Bill, to encourage servicemembers to re-enlist, support military families and provide more realistic rates of educational costs for higher learning by permitting servicemembers to transfer unused GI education benefits to their spouses or children.

Immigration Reform

American Child Support Enforcement Immigration Act – Reintroduction of H.R. 5977 to deny family classification petitions for new spouses or dependents filed by an individual who owes child support.

Protecting the Health and Life of Pregnant Women and Children

Holly’s Law, the “RU-486 Suspension and Review Act Suspension of RU-486” – Reintroduction of H.R. 1079 to suspend FDA approval of the drug and send it back for review in light of its link to the deaths of five American women and serious injuries to more than 840. If a review finds that the FDA violated its own rules the suspension of RU-486 would be indefinite.

Tax Reform

Move Income Tax Filing Day - Reintroduction of H.R. 442 to move the deadline for filing federal income-tax returns, from April 15 to the first Monday in November —the day before Election Day to strengthen the link between the politicians we elect and the taxes we pay.

Campaign Reform

First Amendment Restoration Act – Reintroduction of H. R. 689, to restore Americans’ First Amendment rights by repealing a provision in the Bipartisan Campaign Reform Act of 2002 which prohibits labor unions and corporations (including non-profits) from sponsoring non-PAC-funded broadcast advertisements that include any references to federal candidates during the 30 and 60 days before primary and general elections.

Political Convention Reform Act – Reintroduction of H.R. 45 to prohibit the use of taxpayers’ money for political party conventions.

Second Amendment Rights

Citizens' Self-Defense Act – Reintroduction of H. R. 47 to protect the right of law-abiding citizens to obtain firearms for security, and to use firearms in defense of themselves, family, or their home, and to provide for the enforcement of that right.

Honoring America’s History and Heritage

Washington-Lincoln Recognition Act – Reintroduction of H.R. 43 to direct all federal agencies to refer to the federal holiday on the third Monday in February by its legal name, George Washington's Birthday. The bill also calls on the president to issue a proclamation each year recognizing the anniversary of Abraham Lincoln, whose birthday falls on February 12.

National Trails Discovery Act – Reintroduction of H.R. 690 - to authorize an additional category of national trail known as a national discovery trail, to provide special requirements for the establishment and administration of national discovery trails, and to designate the cross-country American Discovery Trail as the first national discovery trail.

Drug Abuse

Powder-Crack Cocaine Penalty Equalization Act – Reintroduction of H.R. 1501 to equalize the penalties for powder cocaine and crack cocaine offenses.

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20061003 Carroll County League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

20061003 Carroll County League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

Carroll County League of Women Voters Candidates Forum

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_jodxL7AoQ

Carroll County, LWV Oct 3, 2006 8:15PM - 10:00PM

Posted by: regkray76

“Roscoe Bartlett-R and Andrew Duck-D offer their opening statements in a debate hosted by the Carroll County League of Women Voters.”

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on Poverty Assistance

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on Civil Liberties

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on Diplomacy

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on the Deficit

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on Term Limits

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on a Military Draft

Andrew Duck and Roscoe Bartlett debate on Ethics Committee

Roscoe Bartlett and Andrew Duck on Energy and Foreign Policy

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20061006 Congressman Bartlett announces 100M in Federal Funding for 6th Dist. and MD

20061006 Congressman Bartlett announces 100M in Federal Funding for 6^th Dist. and MD

For additional information please Contact: Lisa Wright 202-225-2721

October 6, 2006

Congressman Roscoe Bartlett Announces Nearly $100 Million in Federal Funding That He Secured for Projects for District Six and Maryland Companies in FY 2007 Defense Legislation

Washington, DC - Congressman Roscoe Bartlett, Maryland’s only Member of Congress on an Armed Services Committee, served a vital role shaping defense legislation this year as Chairman of the Projection Forces Subcommittee as well as a Conferee to the Fiscal Year 2007 National Defense Authorization Act (FY07 NDAA). Along with securing $532.8 billion for our soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines and ensuring America’s continued naval superiority in the FY 07 NDAA, Congressman Bartlett also secured nearly $100 million dollars in federal funding in the FY 07 Defense Appropriations legislation for companies in the Sixth District and Maryland statewide. The funds will continue development of innovative technology and equipment providing the men and women in the Armed Forces with the best tools to complete their missions and win the war against terrorism.

“Our men and women serving in harm’s way deserve to bring only the best in technology and equipment to the fight so they can complete their missions and come home safe,” said Congressman Bartlett. “Each year I am grateful that I can apply more than twenty years of engineering and patenting experience along with my fourteen years on the House Armed Services Committee to make sure current and future generations of soldiers, sailors, airmen, and marines are equipped with the best defense in the world. I work very hard to help our Armed Forces identify and acquire the capabilities to overcome any threat and I couldn’t be more proud of our Maryland companies who make such significant contributions to keeping Americans safe at home and abroad.”

In the FY07 NDAA, Congressman Bartlett advanced development of the Navy’s future fleet by funding the lead replacement amphibious assault ship and the dual lead DDG-1000 destroyers, while also providing advance procurement funds for the next generation aircraft carrier. It also continues to build-out the fleet of Virginia class attack submarines, San-Antonio class amphibious ships and Littoral Combat Ships and provides funds for the modernization of the Navy’s Arleigh Burke class destroyers and the Air Force's fleet of strategic airlift and bomber aircraft. These actions will ensure U.S. Navy will acquire the capabilities needed to meet future threats. Steps were also taken to ensure that current capabilities are not retired prematurely by requiring for the Department of Defense to maintain a minimum strategic airlift force structure of 299 aircraft and limiting retirements of KC-135E aerial refueling aircraft and B-52 bombers.

FY 07 Defense Appropriations Funding Secured by Congressman Bartlett

Maryland 6^th District Subtotal: 34.1M (M=millions)

Maryland Statewide Subtotal: 63.5M

Maryland 6^th District and Statewide Total: 97.6M

FY 07 Federal Defense Appropriations Funding Secured by Congressman Bartlett in Maryland’s 6^th District

Mack Truck/Volvo, Hagerstown, MD 3M

This $3M will accelerate Mack Truck’s development of an innovative hybrid electric powertrain for heavy-duty trucks for the military with potential for commercial applications. The new powertrain will reduce fossil fuel consumption; reduce maintenance costs and reduce emissions below 2007/2010 EPA standards. A first generation hybrid electric vehicle has been delivered to the Air Force for testing. Funds requested in FY07 will be used to improve the electrical system to deliver a better than 40% improvement in fuel efficiency.

Alliant Tech Systems, Rocket City, WV 12M

Though this plant is in West Virginia, most of the company’s employees live in Maryland’s 6^th district. This $12M is for Ballistic Trajectory Extended Range Munition (BTERM). BTERM provides a ballistic trajectory, Global Positioning System and Internal Navigation System guided solution to the Navy's requirement for affordable, long-range, precise fire in support of ground maneuver warfare and expanded littoral war fighting capability. Its optimized full system solution allows lower Average Unit Production Cost and higher reliability reducing life-cycle cost for Naval Surface Fire Support.

Northrop Grumman, Hagerstown, MD 5.6M

This $5.6M supports the production of the Advanced Surface Radar Technology (ASuRT) program within Northrop Grumman. The program will focus on the development and adaptation of electronic components to new form factors for application in the Navy’s next generation surface ship radar systems. These new innovations are promising lower cost modular surface ship radar designs that can be quickly and economically scaled to meet the Navy’s needs.

Invitrogen, Frederick, MD 1.1M

This $1.1M for immunoarray technology will provide the Defense Department’s biodefense program with a flexible analytical tool to support force protection,

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intelligence/threat assessment, and non-proliferation compliance monitoring. This technology will allow for rapid and inexpensive characterization of new and novel

pathogens, expedited development of countermeasures (vaccines and therapeutics) to biological threats, and provide a core technology for improved detectors and diagnostics.

Research Acquisition Building, Fort Detrick, MD 12.4M

This $12.4M will reduce a critical shortfall of administrative space at Fort Detrick. Two Fort Detrick activities have conducted operations out of substandard WWII wood facilities and trailers for more than 10 years. Funding this project now will synchronize construction activities with building demolition requirements and provide existing administrative facilities that do not have office, conference, or administrative support space the infrastructure they need to work effectively in a clean safe environment.

FY 07 Federal Defense Appropriations Funding Secured by Congressman Bartlett for Companies in Maryland

Smith Industries, Edgewood, MD 13.1M

$6.6M will go to the Army National Guard (ARNG) so Guard Members can be equipped with the same modern equipment used by Active Duty units. The ARNG has a requirement for over 18,000Automatic Chemical Agent Detection Alarms and has only 3,733 in inventory leaving an ARNG shortage of over 14,000 units. This will help fill that shortage and expedite equipment delivery to our troops. $6.5M will acquire Profiler equipment which provides critical meteorological information required for accurate artillery fire and optimizes the performance of both current and future artillery weapon systems. The Army National Guard readiness is compromised because of a critical equipment shortage in Profiler technology. This funding helps eliminate that shortage providing Maryland Guard members deployed in Iraq and Afghanistan with the most effective solution for artillery fire.

BD Technologies, Hunt Valley, MD 1.9M

This $1.9M supports research within the Defense Technology Objective for Alternative Delivery Methods for Recombinant Protein Vaccines program to protect military personnel deployed all over the world. It will be used to develop novel vaccine-delivery device combinations to improve the performance of biodefense vaccines. This funding will allow expanded clinical testing of vaccine/device products and continued development of scaleable technologies to produce powder biodefense vaccines.

Chesapeake Sciences, Annapolis, MD 1.3M

This $1.3M will accelerate development of the Navy’s TB-33 Fiber Optic Towed Array to field common Twinline thinline capability for submarine and surveillance platforms. Funding will allow for additional enhancements to the baseline TB-33 design that are

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required to establish a fiber optic approach that provides array architectural flexibility to meet both littoral and deep ocean operational needs providing fleet life-cycle cost savings

exceeding $200M over the life of the program when compared to conventional technologies.

Martin State Airport, Middle River, MD 8.8M

This $8.8M will support national defense and Maryland homeland security missions. It will provide a Fire and Rescue Station to support a fleet of A-10 Thunderbolt II and 8 C-130J Hercules aircraft and possible future Cargo Aircraft producing jobs and enhancing the safety of airport operations. Funding for this facility is two-fold: not only will this Fire Station serve the Martin State Airport, but it will also serve as the unique hazardous materials firefighting capability for both Baltimore and Harford Counties. This funding will support the local economy, Warfield Air National Guard base, and Martin State Airport, keeping the active Air National Guard(ANG) flying capability in the Baltimore area. It will sustain over 1,500 military positions and up to 500 full-time personnel.

Thales Communications, Clarksburg, MD $11.3M

This $11.3M combines three separate efforts by Congressman Bartlett to upgrade equipment for our soldiers. The President’s Budget had included $19.1M to procure upgrades to Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM’s) Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) as well as $7.7M in research and development funding for the radio system. Some Members of Congress proposed eliminating this $19.1M. Congressman Bartlett made it a priority to help restore funding for future advances in innovative software-based radios that Special Forces soldiers reported are vital to successful missions. $9M was restored to research and development. A second effort for Thales by Congressman Bartlett was for the Tactical Automated Security System (TASS) which is the primary physical security system used by the United States Air Force on expeditionary missions. This $1M integrates existing JTRS technology with the TASS’s Advanced Communications Module (ACM) to improve bandwidth, reduce obsolesce, and eliminate the need for a stand alone portable device for intrusion detection. Third, was $1.3M for range extension for the JTRS Multiband Inter/Intra Team Radio (MBITR) considered vital by Special Forces soldiers to the successful overthrow of the Taliban in Afghanistan. The increased ranged performance will allow the warfighter to communicate over obstructions that would normally inhibit communication through a series of repeaters.

AAI Corporation, Hunt Valley, MD $1M

This $1M provides funding to develop Lightweight Small Arms Technologies to reduce the weight and size of both weapons and ammunition carried by infantry soldiers and marines by 30-40% compared to current systems. This technology will be a lightweight machine gun, which will be assessed versus the M249 Squad Automatic Weapon (5.56mm). The objective is a "clean slate" approach that will yield weapons and ammunition that are reproducible in quantity, robust, easy to operate and maintain, and stay reliable under all conditions.

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DRS Technologies, Bethesda, MD $15M

This $15M will complete the development of the Permanent Magnet Motor System (PMMS) to enable it to be tested and possibly installed on the next generation destroyer DD-1000 or cruiser CG(X) warships. Activities to be completed include incorporation of changes resulting from Land-Based testing, repackaging of PMMS design to reflect the changes in DD-1000 requirements, and performance of shock analysis to demonstrate requirement fulfillment. The PMMS has been demonstrated to be much more efficient, smaller and lighter than other motor technologies, including the induction motor that is the current baseline motor on the DD-1000. This lighter propulsion system will increase future warship operational capability by allowing for carrying additional weapons and equipment, extending fuel range, and increasing fuel efficiency.

Beamhit, Columbia, MD $1M

This 1$M expands the existing, highly successful Laser Marksmanship Training System (LMTS) Naval Reserve program to help provide equipment to all Naval Reserve Centers. This funding will provide effective small arms training for over 1000 Navy Reservists. The LMTS is a proven laser-based marksmanship training system engaging various types of targets using a sailor’s own assigned weapon without the use of live ammunition. LMTS supports individual marksmanship from the first stage through the advanced sniper skill level. LMTS is the only basic rifle marksmanship system that can be used indoors, in a regulated confined environment, or outdoors, in realistic weather and light conditions. This system contributes to individual sailor and unit readiness, improves skill retention, better prepares for unit mobilization, greatly reduces unit-training costs and achieves environmental cost avoidance associated with traditional live fire training. Most of all, it effectively prepares our reservists for small arms precision when deployed in hostile envionments.

Titanium Powder, Baltimore, MD $4.5M

This $4.5M will allow for Titanium Powder, a company from Illinois, to procure facilities in the Baltimore area to begin mass production of titanium in powder form using its ‘Armstrong Process.’ This will significantly reduce costs for U.S. production of this vital metal. Titanium, is highly valued because it is lighter and stronger than steel.

Wesley Brown Field House, Annapolis, MD $5.6M

This $5.6M to the United States Naval Academy restores funds to a $26.7M project for the Navy midshipmen. The $5.6M had been taken out of the overall project putting its completion in jeopardy. Congressman Bartlett ensured the $5.6M was restored maintaining the integrity of the project so it may be completed for the overall welfare and fitness of our Navy’s future officers.

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20020100 Congressman Bartlett visits Ft Bragg MWR

Congressman Bartlett visits Ft Bragg MWR

Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett visits the MWR program at Ft Bragg North Carolina

January 24th, 2002

Last week, Maryland Congressman Roscoe Bartlett toured the Moral, Welfare and Recreation programs at Fort Bragg, North Carolina.

In the pictures above, Colonel Bill Babylon answers questions and shares the Ft. Bragg MWR story with Congressman Bartlett and his delegation.

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