As noble as it is to hire 800 full-time active duty investigators, this amendment cuts law enforcement grants, firefighter grants, emergency management grants, State Homeland Security grants, urban security initiative, FEMA, and, ironically, will cut money for the fence that is within the bill before the Senate. I urge a no vote.
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