It is not that easy. But. I will not refuse U.S. aid for the tens of thousands of refugees expelled from their homeland. That is why I supported the Obey amendment today Unfortunately. some Members are using a time of international crisis as an opportunity to load on billions of dollars in pork. No matter what some on the other side of the aisle might say. these additional funds are not going to help the men and women that are stationed in the Balkans. These funds will not go to the innocent refugees struggling for their very lives throughout the region. Heres what the pork will pay for. $47 million is going for a bachelor officers complex in Bahrain. $1.34 billion is earmarked for spare parts unrequested by the Pentagon. Not only are these spare parts unrequested. but the Department of Defense is still overspending for these parts by as much as 618 percent. The Pentagon paid one contractor $76 for 57cent screws. None of this wasteful spending is going to bring us closer to peace. Not one pork barrel project is going to end this terrible tragedy or help the innocent Kosovar refugees. And wasteful spending is not going to help the people in Central America or Americas farmers hurt by falling crop prices. If some Members of this Congress are determined to provide additional funds for the military operation not requested by the President. those moneys should come from cuts to wasteful and redundant programs in the current Pentagon budget. through the regular appropriations process.
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