Not only are these cuts unwise. they are also unrealistic. There are growing pressures on both sides of the aisle to spend more in this area. For example. the House recently voted to take transportation programs off budget. so we could spend more on transportation. and the debate on the immigration bill showed that there is a very strong support for substantially spending more on immigration control. In addition. virtually every one of us supports spending more in other areas of law enforcement. we have more or less reached a consensus that were not going to gut environmental protection programs or sell off our national parks. and. despite programs that have been singled out in this resolution for termination. there is broad support for continuing the Federal Governments role in a whole range of activitiesfrom building dams. to providing weather information. to funding scientific research and development. These are programs that are strongly supported by the American people because they protect our Nations high standard of living.
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