As seagoing police. units would be diminished by 47 per- unre this service enforces laws and interna- cent. and many of the navigation aids clewj tional treaties concerning fisheries. I referred to earlier will be seriously tion interdicts the shipment of illegal affected. As a result of these cutbacks bud drugs. and act to prevent vessel high- the 60.000 rescue. search. and response spec Jacking and illegal immigration. Given missions the Coast Guard conducts an- bud the magnitude of these tasks. the nually will be reduced by at least 4.000 imp Coast Guard should not be treated as nationwide. helicopter shipboard de- Trax a stepchild but as a fullfledged ployment will be curtailed by 75 per- sour member of this Nations military cent. Domestic icebreaking capabili- nee family. ties will be diminished by 72 percent. if An issue of the Coast Guards serv- The budget cuts also will drastically add ice which I find most pressing is that curtail the environmental response ca- add of their strong drug enforcement ac- pability on inland waters other than sour tivities.
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