[CPEO-MEF] HOUSING: "Senate hearings to probe unsafe housing of U.S. military families"

[Lenny Siegel <lsiegel@cpeo.org>]

Senate hearings to probe unsafe housing of U.S. military families

by Joshua Schneyer, M.B. Pell
Reuters
January 30, 2019

NEW YORK - Troubled by widespread health and safety hazards uncovered by a Reuters investigation into U.S. military housing, Congress will hold hearings next month to ensure that “what we’re seeing now can never happen again,” said Michigan Democrat Gary Peters, a member of the Senate Armed Services Committee. 

During the hearings, tentatively scheduled for Feb. 13, lawmakers will question the Department of Defense and private contractors who house thousands of U.S. military families on bases across the country, according to Senate staff familiar with the plans. 

U.S. senators said the news articles and mounting complaints from military families demonstrate a need for immediate oversight. 

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For the entire article, see
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-military-congress/senate-hearings-to-probe-unsafe-housing-of-u-s-military-families-idUSKCN1PO37F

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Lenny Siegel
Executive Director
Center for Public Environmental Oversight
a project of the Pacific Studies Center
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Voice/Fax: 650/961-8918 
<lsiegel@cpeo.org>
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