The bill cuts or eliminates funding for such programs as the Export Administration. trade adjustment assistance for firms. and the NorthSouth Center in Miami. And while Member after Member sent us requests for university research projects. and SBA or EDA earmarks. the recommended bill contains no such projects. The bill contains a $131 million initiative above the Presidents budget request to control our borders and beef up the operations of the Immigration and Naturalization Service. It puts an additional 600 Border Patrol agents on the Southwest border and provides new facilities for alien detention and deportation. The bill contains an increase of $20 million above the budget for counterterrorism programs in the FBI and the State Department. I think all anyone needs to do is turn on the television to see why we are recommending these particular initiatives.
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