Military services space advocate Rep. Jim Cooper to retire from Congress – SpaceNews
A extended-time advocate of a army area department, Cooper and fellow HASC member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) had been the first proponents of the U.S. Room Force
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), chairman of the Property Armed Products and services Committee’s subcommittee on strategic forces, declared Jan. 25 that he will not operate for re-election in November.
Cooper’s determination was expected as his recent district in Nashville was redrawn by the point out legislature and his seat is probable to be won by a Republican prospect. Cooper has been in place of work for 32 a long time.
“I explored each individual achievable way, like lawsuits, to end the gerrymandering and to earn one particular of the three new congressional districts that now divide Nashville. There is no way, at minimum for me in this election cycle,” he stated in a statement.
A prolonged-time advocate of military services room courses, Cooper and fellow HASC member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) ended up the first proponents of developing a army room branch prior to previous president Donald Trump embraced the plan.
With no the advocacy from Rogers and Cooper, there would probable have not been adequate help in Congress to go the laws that made the U.S. Area Power.
Cooper over that earlier two yrs also has been harshly vital of the Space Power for the sluggish tempo of its acquisition programs and for not taking daring methods to innovate house methods.
A extended-time advocate of a army area department, Cooper and fellow HASC member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) had been the first proponents of the U.S. Room Force
WASHINGTON — Rep. Jim Cooper (D-Tenn.), chairman of the Property Armed Products and services Committee’s subcommittee on strategic forces, declared Jan. 25 that he will not operate for re-election in November.
Cooper’s determination was expected as his recent district in Nashville was redrawn by the point out legislature and his seat is probable to be won by a Republican prospect. Cooper has been in place of work for 32 a long time.
“I explored each individual achievable way, like lawsuits, to end the gerrymandering and to earn one particular of the three new congressional districts that now divide Nashville. There is no way, at minimum for me in this election cycle,” he stated in a statement.
A prolonged-time advocate of military services room courses, Cooper and fellow HASC member Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Ala.) ended up the first proponents of developing a army room branch prior to previous president Donald Trump embraced the plan.
With no the advocacy from Rogers and Cooper, there would probable have not been adequate help in Congress to go the laws that made the U.S. Area Power.
Cooper over that earlier two yrs also has been harshly vital of the Space Power for the sluggish tempo of its acquisition programs and for not taking daring methods to innovate house methods.