Posted by
Jack Cruger on Wednesday, December 12, 2007 10:50:43 AM
To Senators, DeMint and Graham, and Rep. Brown.
Oh where oh where did the money go for the Secure Fence Act??? You guys did NOT fund the Secure Fence Act last year and instead gave DHS discretion over when, where and if to build a border fence. This is outrageous.
Now you’re doing the same thing with the HDS Appropriations Bill now being considered. Senator’s Hutchison proposed amendment will again give the DHS a free pass to ignore it again. You Guys have got to stop playing your little HOAX games, and get the hell down to business and secure our borders. It’s no wonder we can’t trust this Congress.
I want to see the 854 miles of double-layer border fencing fully funded in this year’s Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Bill.
The DHS Appropriations bill must include a provision or amendment that specifically ties border security/fence funding to the provisions of the Secure Fence Act. DHS should be required by law to use border security funds to build the double-layer fence instead of one that allows the Congress to ignore the problem.
It is amazing how you don’t want to spend money on securing our borders but you have no trouble putting together “omnibus” that forces the President to sign in order to get the troops the funding they need to prosecute the war on terror.
I think you guys ought to say what you mean and mean what you say because this could be the end of the Republican Party as we know it. I already think we are in a hole deep enough that it will take us another 40 years to get out of.
According to MoveOn.Org they will be applying pressure on all of the Democrat Presidential Candidates by signing a statement to pass this “Omnibus Bill” with a pull-out date for next year. I read this bill and it is the worst slippery slope of PORK I have ever seen and you Republicans are enjoying the ride down to the bottom.
I voted against this mess on WashingtonWatch.com, you should check out the results.