This effort to sneak extra funding into the defense budget. outside of the selfimposed budget caps. by including it in the Supplemental is underhanded and should not be allowed to continue. I would love the opportunity to provide similar amounts of "emergency funding" for education. health care. housing and other vital domestic programs. At the very least. the humanitarian refugee crisis in Albania and Macedonia as well as the crisis in Latin America resulting from Hurricane Mitch should be classified as an emergency. and they are in the Obey substitute. The Obey substitute amendment correctly defines an emergency as an emergency and I urge its support.