Continuing Resolution Would Disrupt 118 Army Programs: Gen. McConville
Addressing topics from modernization to millennials, Trump's pick for Army Chief of Staff sailed through his confirmation hearing -- except for six bitter minutes.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 02, 2019 at 2:45 PM
CAPITOL HILL: If Congress can’t pass the 2020 budget by October 1st, Gen. James McConville warned the Senate this morning, a stop-gap Continuing Resolution would delay or disrupt 118 Army programs.
A CR basically sets spending at last year’s levels when Congress can’t pass a proper budget before the fiscal year begins Oct. 1. That means the government can’t start new contracts or cancel existing ones. Under a CR, “we have about 85 programs — they’re all modernization programs — that can’t start. We have 33 production increases [in other programs] that won’t happen, [and] commands will slow down training because they don’t know how much money they’re going to have†to make it through the fiscal year, McConville told the senators assembled to consider his nomination for Army Chief of Staff.
https://breakingdefense.com/2019/05/continuing-resolution-would-disrupt-118-army-programs-gen-mcconville/
