 Grazing at the Umatilla depot/U.S. Army Chemical Materials Agency |
How often do you hear this: A call from a local congressional delegation to shut down a local military installation? usually, the money and jobs outweigh such an idea.
In this case, that of the Umatilla Chemical Depot near Hermiston, the shutdown idea has enough local and regional push that both U.S. senators, Democrats Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley, and the area's House member, Greg Walden, are behind it. An unusual case.