Senator GREGG as ranking member. and I as chairman of the State and Foreign Operations Subcommittee had to make difficult choices among many competing demands within a limited budget. We had to find additional funds to help disaster victims in Burma. Central Africa. Bangladesh and elsewhere. whom the Presidents budget ignored. We had to find additional funds for Iraqi refugees and for crucial peacekeeping. security. and nonproliferation programs. We could not have funded virtually any program at the level requested by the President without causing disproportionate harm to others. and we sought to avoid that. Considering the amount we had to spend. the Merida Initiative received strong. bipartisan support.
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