Mr. President. I must oppose the Sessions amendment because it would eliminate critical border security funds from this bill. The subcommittee has carefully balanced the needs of our law enforcement personnel on the border. and an acrossthe board cut. like that proposed in the Sessions amendment. would leave our borders dangerously exposed. I remain committed to strengthening the fencing along the border. But it is unwise to finance that fencing with cuts in our border security elsewhere. I join the chairman in opposing this amendment. YEAS29 DeMint DeWine Dole Ensign Enzi Grassley Hatch Inhofe Isakson Lott NAYS71 Feingold Feinstein Frist Graham Gregg Hagel Harkin Hutchison Inouye Jeffords .Johnson Kennedy Kerry Kohl Kyl Landrieu Lautenberg Leahy Levin Lieberman Lincoln Lugar Martinez McCain Nelson (NE) Roberts Santorum Sessions Shelby Talent Thomas Thune Vitter McConnell Menendez Mikulski Murkowski Murray Nelson (FL) Obama Pryor Reed Reid Rockefeller Salazar Sarbanes Schumer Smith Snowe Specter Stabenow Stevens Sununu Voinovich Warner Wyden The amendment (No. 4659). as modified. was rejected.
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