That's a sharp contrast to the Republican approach to the Federal budget since the beginning of this year, which amounts to demanding secret negotiations on unspecified cuts to Federal programs while holding hostage the full faith and credit of the United States Government.
Wyden criticizes the Republican budget strategy for lacking transparency and threatening government credit.
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More importantly, independent privacy and security oversight is not an optional expense to be cut when it becomes inconvenient.
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