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Ernest Istook: “Despite my great sympathy for the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley), I cannot support it.…”

On the recordJuly 24, 2002
Despite my great sympathy for the amendment offered by the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Hefley), I cannot support it. This particular bill, were it subjected to across-the-board cuts, would find that we have significant cuts and reduction in homeland security efforts which are the major focus of the bill. We have already identified in the subcommittee and the committee several places where we have applied significant cuts, for example, the Bureau of Public Debt, some $23 million. Bureaucracy within the Office of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs in excess of $10 million. The First Accounts Program with the Treasury Department, approximately $6 million say from what we had last year and yet improve the program, I believe. These are certain examples and there will be others. We have what we have done, Mr. Chairman, in this bill is to try to accomplish savings every place we can and plow those into the front lines of homeland security.
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Ernest Istook
Oklahoma
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Discussing budget cuts and their impact on homeland security efforts.

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