A number of other programs are shortchanged, including climate change
research programs at NSF and NOAA, several National Weather Service
initiatives, and a number of DOJ grant programs, like the COPS Hiring
Program and several police reform grant programs. Democrats and
Republicans, alike, support most, if not all, of these programs, but we
simply cannot fix these problems under this allocation. I am also troubled that this bill allows many of the administration's
most disturbing priorities and initiatives related to immigration and
civil rights to move forward without the necessary congressional
oversight. In the wake of Charlottesville and Tuesday's DACA decision,
there are many in this country who are justifiably questioning the
President's commitment to tolerance, fairness, and inclusiveness. The Trump administration's budget request for the Department of
Justice raises those questions as well. A proposal to harm immigrants
by increasing criminal enforcement is funded in this bill. There is no
attempt to limit the Department's actions to undermine affirmative
action, support voter restriction that disproportionally hurts minority
populations, and ignore LGBT protections. Many of these ideas have long
been rejected by the American people, but the President and the
Attorney General continue to give them credibility.
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