But the examples I referenced are a few of many areas that should not be jammed into an appropriations bill at the last minute without being fully and carefully vetted by the authorizing committee. It would be difficult for me today to address all the different policy riders that are in the various pieces of the appropriations bills currently under consideration. They range from education. to health. labor. natural resources. environment. civil rights. justice. housing. immigration. voting rights. telecommunications. to name just a few. Our budgetshow we spend the taxpayers dollarsare a reflection of our priorities. But there is a substantial difference between using the appropriations process to support a specific program. department. or Federal activity and using it to sneak around the legislative process and to jam new. big changes into lastminute appropriations bills.
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