We're quickly moving to the point where we will have no military bases in the Northeast, and this undermines support for the military. We are a nation of citizen soldiers.

Congressional tenure


Overview

Simmons was a member of the House Armed Services Committee and was involved in issues concerning the district's major defense presence at the Electric Boat submarine shipyard in Groton and the nearby Naval Submarine Base New London. ) In 1979 he earned a Master of Public Administration from Harvard's John F. Early political career
In 1969 he joined the Central Intelligence Agency working as an Operations Officer for a decade including five years on assignment overseas in East Asia.

Simmons ran as a candidate for the Republican nomination for U. While he originally led in the polls early on Linda McMahon gained traction on him in the primary and won at the Republican convention. S.