December 1, 2023
Honorable Pat Fallon
2416 Rayburn HOB
Washington, DC 20515
Subject: Constituent Representation vs. Deep State Corruption
Pat,
I began with a brief personal history.
My first experience with the federal government was a four-year term in the U.S. Navy. My final rank was AQB2 (petty officer second class, E-5). I earned this rank within the first 23 months of my enlistment.
The Navy assigned me to VA-42 based on NAS Oceana, Virginia. There, I trained a few hundred technicians who were later transferred to sea duty, most to the Vietnam War theater. In one respect, I was like a child with many new toys. The A6A Intruder was my life.
I discovered deficiencies in the designs of the A6A DIANE system. My mentor, Chief Don Feller, pointed me to the UR form by which each and every report would go straight to BUWEPS for evaluation. Those UR (unsatisfactory reports) successfully led to significant corrections and/or changes to the DIANE system.
The prime contractor disliked my UR reports. This was my first actual exposure to the corruption of the military-industrial complex. One of the DIANE system subcontractors, the Norden Company of Norwalk, Connecticut, hired me as an engineer upon my separation from the Navy. By the way, I never witnessed corruption by the Norden Company.
Over those years with Norden, my assignments ranged from technical writer to field engineer with Air Force, Marine Corps, and Navy activities. In short order, my familiarity with the Military-Industrial Complex confirmed President Eisenhower’s warnings.
In later years, an Illinois manufacturer hired me as a corporate account executive. My assigned territory included the Washington, D.C., area. The company’s branch office was in Silver Springs, Maryland.
The corrupt Washington business environment was visible on my first site visit business trip to the nation’s capital. Our branch manager had developed personal relationships with people working within the nebulous ‘Deep State.’
Within a short time, I relinquished D.C. from my territory. It became apparent to me I would be drawn into participation in the corruption if I was to make my sales goals.
After leaving the corporate world to start my own business in Rockwall, I came to know Congressman Ralph Hall on a personal level. Like you, Ralph was congenial and intelligent. Ralph always represented his district while enjoying respect from both sides of the aisle.
It has been said a camel is a horse designed by a committee. We business owners usually have no entanglements within committees where outcomes are shaped by various opinions. A pastor friend used to say, “Opinions are like noses. Everybody has one.
You are a business owner. I am a retired business owner. As business owners, you and I enjoyed making decisions without a range of committee opinions.
I believe you and agree that removing Kevin McCarthy as Speaker was unwise. At one town hall, you mentioned the difficulty in getting Republican lawmakers into an agreement is like “herding cats.”
Kevin McCarthy was removed, and a solid Christian man from Louisiana found himself as Speaker. Mike Johnson found himself approving a continuing resolution, I suppose, crafted by Nancy Pelosi. Mike’s compromise was in order.
Never in the history of the United States of America has legislation become law without compromise between partisans in both houses of Congress.
Marjorie Taylor Greene is also a business owner. All business owners realize the necessity of compromise with peers. In business, as a long-time member of design-build teams headed by Honeywell and Siemens, there were instances of compromise with other members of the design-build team.
By the way, MGT and I think very much alike.
Still, our compromises were not for the exclusive benefit of a member because our government projects were all energy-saving performance contracts. All compromises benefitted the customer, chiefly the federal government.
I suggest you view the Congress as a design-build team that labors together to benefit your customers, We, the People of the United States of America.
The U.S. Congress desperately needs wise leadership. Each of the Republican ‘cats’ has some capacity to lead. Wise leadership can overcome statists, Democrats, and the corrupting influences of corporate donors.
Historical note: I encourage you to join Mike Johnson in prayer. At the Constitutional Convention of 1787, our U.S. Constitution was the product of unity among the delegates (think: Congressmen) who united through prayer meetings.
Now I ask you, brothers, by the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that you all speak in agreement and that there be no divisions among you. But be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. — 1 Corinthians 1:10
Big donors tend to view themselves as your customers. Indeed, they are to a limited degree. But big donors should be made aware that your key customers are your district’s constituents.
Thank you for your service to the people of Texas Congressional District 4.
John White
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Rockwall, Texas 75087
John N. White 