On the recordFebruary 3, 1994
the only way that this amendment can pass is if the Members of this body don't understand what they are doing. We have had no hearings about these cuts. We just received the most current, most precise, analysis of what this amendment will do. At a time when we are about to pass a tough crime bill, do the Members of this body really want to eliminate 1,493 FBI agents? Do you really want to cut out 1,636 Bureau of Prison guards? When we are trying to deal with illegal immigrants, do you really want to eliminate 1,108 INS agents? When the American people are trying to struggle with a brand new tax act, brand new tax forms, do you really want to eliminate 7,200 Internal Revenue Service personnel? And do you really want to go home and explain to your veterans why you voted to eliminate, 13,586 people out of our VA hospitals? Do you really want to do that? You need to know what is in this bill.
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