This morning's Standard-Examiner reports that U.S. House Representative Rob Bishop (R-Utah) has filed for re-election to his current seat in the U.S. House of Representatives. Charles Trentelman presents some of Rep. Bishop's rationale for seeking a fourth congressional term:
Bishop said he is running again because, “there are still some things that upset me, and some things that I’m making slight, but sure, progress on.”Rep. Bishop would appear to be closely adhering to the same game plan which successfully kept the 1st Congressional District seat firmly in the grasp of former Utah congressman Jim Hansen (Bishop's GOP predecessor in the same office for 22 years): being a very good friend to the military -- Hill Air Force Base in particular.
For example, he said he is concerned that the Democratic leadership of Congress has submitted a budget for the federal government that includes “about $200 billion more in domestic spending and still, in my estimation, not doing enough for the military, especially for the Air Force.
“The Air Force chief of staff said he needed $200 billion right now for infrastructure, and that’s the low end of the game,” Bishop said.
He said the lack of sufficient support for military spending is especially frustrating to him because Hill Air Force Base is in his district.
He said he is constantly attacked by representatives who don’t understand the needs.
“We have to move forward on the F- 35 and F-22, and the hard part is to get through to people who don’t have military in their district, who don’t realize that the Air Force is very technology intensive. You can’t do any ground action, they have to be in a plane and they cost a lot.”
Find more information on Rep. Bishop's official website.
We have yet to hear an announcement from any Demo challenger.
And what say our gentle readers about this?
