    [Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States: George W. Bush (2008, Book II)]
    [August 1, 2008]
    [Page 1098]
    [From the U.S. Government Publishing Office www.gpo.gov]

    Letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives Transmitting
    Budget Amendments
    August 1, 2008

    Dear Madam Speaker:
        I ask the Congress to consider the enclosed amendments to my FY 2009
    Budget for the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Education, Health
    and Human Services, Homeland Security, the Interior, Labor, and State,
    as well as the Environmental Protection Agency. The amounts requested
    are fully offset by proposed reductions to other accounts.
        Overall, the discretionary budget authority proposed in my FY 2009
    Budget would not be increased by these proposed requests.
        The details of these amendments are set forth in the enclosed letter
    from the Director of the Office of Management and Budget.
             Sincerely,

                                                              George W. Bush