President. despite Senator MCCONNELLS and my best efforts. this bill poses major challenges for the United States as the worlds only superpower. At a time when the global threats to our security are too numerous to mention. funding to combat those threats is increased in only one area. export assistance. and even there it falls short of the Presidents request. In other areas it makes unprecedented cuts in programs that seek to fight poverty. promote economic growth. reduce population growth rates. stop the spread of infectious diseases. care for growing numbers of destitute refugees. combat ocean pollution. the destruction of biodiversity and other environmental degradation. deter the proliferation of conventional and nuclear weapons. and countless other problems that directly threaten every American. Again. this is despite the considerable efforts Senator MCCONNELL and I have made to spread the pain that the cuts in our allocation required. Let me mention some specific programs. and what we have done.
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