[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 153 (2007), Part 8]
[House]
[Page 11788]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                       INTELLIGENCE FUNDING CUTS

  (Mr. PITTS asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. PITTS. Mr. Speaker, in an environment of unlimited demands and 
limited resources, our constituents expect us to make tough choices and 
set national priorities with their hard-earned tax dollars. The 
Democrats' Intelligence Authorization bill that we will vote on this 
week fails to do this.
  Consider the priorities it sets. This bill makes deep cuts in the 
resources requested by the administration for important intelligence-
gathering operations. Meanwhile, it also calls for the Director of 
National Intelligence to submit a National Intelligence Estimate to 
Congress on global warming.
  In a post-9/11 environment, should we really be steering our 
intelligence community away from intelligence gathering so that they 
can start studying global warming?
  Experts from the right and the left say that our ability to prevent 
another attack on America relies heavily on our intelligence 
capabilities.
  Mr. Speaker, let's fully fund our intelligence community and not 
distract it from fulfilling its core mission, to protect Americans from 
attack.

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