Rep. Campbell Takes on Liberal Berkeley

Matt Lewis | February 06, 2008 3:41 PM

If you want a repreve from campaign talk, check out Rep. John Campbell's blog about how Berkeley, CA is shutting down the Marines ...

You might have heard about Berkeley’s City Council's recent vote to tell the Marines to close their recruiting station in the city. With this vote, they told the Marines that their recruiting office is not welcome in their city, and if recruiters choose to stay, they do so as an uninvited and unwelcome intruders.

In response to this, I will be introducing the “Semper Fi Act” in the House of Representatives. This act rescinds all of the funding contained in the FY 2008 Omnibus Appropriations Act for the City of Berkeley, CA and transfers those funds to the Marines for recruiting