John Bennett writes Rep. John Garamendi (D-Calif.) discussed the construction of the site without a qualifier to deem it a proposal Wednesday during a House Armed Services strategic forces subcommittee hearing.
Garamendi also asked Navy Vice Adm. James Syring, head of the Missile Defense Agency, how much funds a site would need in the fiscal year 2014 defense spending bill.
Republicans in the Armed Services Committee plan to set aside $250 million in that bill to construct the site and recently asked the House Appropriations Committee to go along with that amount, Bennett reports.