“While I welcome the news that the Army has reversed earlier plans that could have resulted in thousands of job cuts at Fort Eustis and Fort Lee, I am mindful that we must get serious about getting our budget house in order. Today’s announcement should be a wake-up call to my colleagues on Capitol Hill about the need for us to find a responsible path forward that restores budgetary predictability and allows us to invest in bipartisan national priorities like security, veterans’ health and fixing our crumbling infrastructure. While some drawdown in our military force levels is to be expected as the U.S. winds down its combat role in Iraq and Afghanistan after many years, our military leaders should be able to make decisions based on strategic needs and not based on senseless and arbitrary budget caps.”