Even though I supported the bill. I believe that we can and we should do more. I am disappointed that Ranking Member OBEYS amendment to add $3.5 billion to the bill for transit security. border security. port security. tirst responders. and preparedness programs was rejected along party lines by the Homeland Security Appropriations Committee and was prohibited from being offered. These programs are essential to strong and robust hometown security. This indispensable funding would have been easily paid for by rolling back the tax savings that taxpayers with incomes over $1 million today received under the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts. I am glad that this bill provides $19.6 billion for border security. This represents a 9 percent increase from current funding and shows that the House takes seriously the challenges we face in securing our Nations borders. Yet it still falls short of the request made by President Bush.
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