Lamborn Letter

Rep. Doug Lamborn (R-CO) is asking why the Missile Defense Agency is furloughing employees rather than making cuts elsewhere in its budget.

In a letter sent yesterday to MDA Director Vice Adm. James Syring, Lamborn writes:

Reportedly the MDA developed a budget scenario under sequestration where furloughs could be avoided and cuts could be taken elsewhere but the agency decided to proceed with furloughs anyway.

The greatest asset of the Missile Defense Agency is its people and I am deeply concerned by the possibility that MDA employees are facing furloughs unnecessarily. If there is a reasonable way for MDA to achieve the savings required by sequestration without imposing furloughs, I hope that furloughs can be avoided.

A statement from Lamborn's office notes that MDA's Missile Defense Integration and Operations Center is located at Schriever Air Force Base, CO.