On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
I cannot help but bring to the attention of the House that we find ourselves often stumbling over the law of unintended consequences. That's exactly what we are about to do here. The Penny-Kasich package of last year was discussed by all of us. It was a very close vote. To presume that we can now revisit that in the $9 billion Nussle-Kasich amendment and do what was intended then is a big mistake. Often, unintended consequences get in the way. For example, in an area that is of great concern to a lot of my colleagues--controlling our borders--within the proposal that is before us there is a cut of $45.1 million which was appropriated for the Border Patrol in the 1994 appropriations budget process. That would have filled 581 new positions on the Border Patrol. The combination of new and redeployed agents will result in the presence of 620 additional Border Patrol agents on the line.
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