Norman D. Dicks: “Let me remind my colleagues what the underlying CR does to existing programs even before we consider the additional…”

“Let me remind my colleagues what the underlying CR does to existing programs even before we consider the additional across-the-board cut offered by Mr. Jordan: A cut of $107 million from food safety inspections. This amendment by Mr. Jordan would take an additional $5.6 million. The CR also already cuts $400 million to the Food and Drug Administration, and this amendment would take an additional $22 million. Cuts to State law enforcement assistance of $1.3 billion, 35 percent compared to the current rate; the Jordan amendment would cut an additional $68 million. The original version also completely eliminated the Cops Hiring Program, but an amendment passed by the House this week from our side prevailed, reinstating some of that funding. It cut $661 million below the current rate from the Army Corps of Engineers, leaving hundreds of communities without critical flood control and navigation work. The Jordan amendment would cut an additional $35 million. The CR also completely eliminates weatherization in State energy programs. It cuts $648 million from the Nuclear Nonproliferation program, increasing the likelihood of bomb grade material entering the United States. The Jordan amendment would cut an additional $37 million. The CR cuts safe drinking water and clean water State funds by 56 percent, or $1.7 billion. The Jordan amendment would cut an additional $167.2 million. The CR cuts the maximum Pell Grant amount by $845.”