It would have allowed us. by limiting that defense expenditure to those levels. to provide $900 million in additional support for law enforcement programs under CommerceJustice. it would have allowed us to provide $1 billion more for highway construction that will be allowed under the proposal which was presented by the majority. We would be allowed to provide $2 billion more to the VAHUD bill to protect veterans medical services and to help lowincome seniors who otherwise are going to be clobbered in housing budgets. It would have allowed $100 million more to be used to toughen immigration enforcement. It would have allowed a saving of about a halfbillion dollars on the squeeze that will otherwise be put in national parks. and it would have allowed us to reduce the incredible reductions which are going to be forced on student assistance. on biomedical research. and grants to local school districts and fuelassistance programs as I indicated. But because this resolution deems us to be operating under the House budget resolution. and because under that House budget resolution these warped set of priorities have been adopted. we cannot proceed to produce a more balanced set of appropriation bills if we proceed under this approach.
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