This morning the Courier’s Jim Carroll writes of a reported leak at the Depot in August. Read the entire article here.  As he points out we raised this issue with Mr. Ormond and later followed up with a letter to him outlining our concerns with the lack of information the Army has so far made available to the community and federal delegation.  Craig Williams, a citizen activist who has worked for years with me to ensure the safe elimination of these weapons of mass destruction, puts it best when he says,  when “authorities responsible for safeguarding the public are less than forthcoming with information, suspicions are raised and this serves no good end."  Craig and I have been at this a long time and I can assure you we will not back down in the face of the Army or anyone else who seeks to shade the truth. You can watch a video of Craig here.

Congressman Chandler, Senator Bunning and I are committed to demanding accountability from the Army on all issues related to safety at the Depot and doing everything we can to ensure the safety of the citizens who live in Madison County. In fact, Jim and Ben were both very supportive of the language I drafted which was recently signed into law which requires the elimination of the Richmond stockpile a full six years sooner than the army was seeking. In the end, other than the vigilant oversight of this aging stockpile the best thing we can do to protect our fellow citizens in central Kentucky is to eliminate these deadly relics as safely and as quickly as possible. Read entire article here.