Im pleased that the conference report funds more uparmored Humvees. provides nearly $2 billion to procure and develop countermeasures to prevent improvised explosive device attacks on our troops in Iraq and Afghanistan. and funds the recently enhanced $100.000 death benefit for soldiers families. Im also pleased that--more than 9 months after Hurricane Katrina struckthe conference report includes funding for levee improvements and for Community Development Block Grants for the Gulf Coast States. The report also includes important funding for pandemic flu preparedness and for border security. I do have strong concerns about some things that are in this conference report and some things that were left out. I am disappointed that it does not include the additional funds that the Senate approved for work to reduce the increased danger of severe wildfires in Colorado forests caused by prolonged drought and insect infestations.
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