mr. chairman , reclaiming my time , we did , following the introduction of the brac process , but we did close that .  but we basically do not have the power to do that , because if i have the power to close mr. skelton 's base , he might vote to close my base , and we keep going around the room like that , and we are unable to do it .  so the brac process has worked for better or for worse .  i see both sides of it .  i chaired a committee that oversees the brac process .  i do not want any more brac processes like this .  but i would remind my colleagues again that if we vote for this resolution , and this resolution passes today , and we turn down this brac process , we will be back here in this room a year from now or 2 years from now , probably more like a year from now , we will be back in this room dealing with another brac process , and we will have the same arguments as we are having here today .  now , it may be different people .  maybe some of the people that are dissatisfied today will be satisfied at the next round , but we would all have to go through this again next year or the next .  and we would , all of our communities that have any base connected to them would have to go through this again .  i am not sure we would get any better results , no matter what process we use , than we have today .  some would be happy , some would be unhappy , some would complain , some would want it to go just like it is .  i think we would end up with the same kinds of results as we have today .  so while i agree that this is not a perfect process , i do not think we want to go through it again next year .  i would ask each of my colleagues to vote against this resolution , and let us proceed to make the best we possibly can out of this for the defense of this country .  