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Cord Byrd: “Mr. President, this afternoon, the Senate finds itself with the first Homeland Security appropriations conference report…”

On the recordSeptember 24, 2003
Mr. President, this afternoon, the Senate finds itself with the first Homeland Security appropriations conference report before it. I thank Senate Chairman Thad Cochran, House Chairman Harold Rogers, and the ranking member on the House Homeland Security Subcommittee, Representative Martin Sabo, and all of the House and Senate conferees for their hard work on this important legislation. We all share the goal of ensuring that the new Homeland Security Department has the resources it needs to secure the homeland. The conference report that is before the Senate provides $29.4 billion for discretionary programs for fiscal year 2004 for the new Department. With the limited resources that were made available under the budget resolution, the conference agreement is fair and balanced.
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Cord Byrd
Florida
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Discussing the Homeland Security appropriations conference report in the Senate.

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