Sen. James Moylan was one of two senators who did not support the legislative resolution calling for an indefinite pause on firing range construction.

He told KUAM News we have the military to thank for the discovery, preservation and protection of ancient sites and endangered species like the serianthese nelsonii.

"If we didn't have the military doing that for us we would have never known a lot of those sites even existed," Moylan said.

 Moylan praised the military for doing things he says GovGuam can't afford to do.



"There's so much more information out there about how the military is helping us with the historical preservation, the environmental preservations that we as a government could never afford to do even though we want to so badly," he said.

He also cited the economic impact of a pause on buildup construction.

"There's a cost every day that we stop this construction project is a contractual obligation that were not fulfilling and every day I'm sure is thousands of dollars," he said.

Moylan is calling for a partnership with the Department of Defense to address the concerns of his colleagues which he did call "justifiable."

Sen. Mary Torres was the other senator who did not sign the resolution.