WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren issued the following press release:
U.S. Senator Warren (D-Mass.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, published new responses from the Department of Defense (DoD) revealing the Department has entered into another 50-year-lease with its privatization of military barracks at Fort Irwin, California, removing accountability measures and threatening to cause housing quality problems for service members.
"The Department of Defense has a responsibility to make sure our service members have a safe place to live that's free from mold, pests, and broken sewage pipes. Instead, it's giving up its tools to hold exploitative companies accountable and risking service member...