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1995: Proposed Bill Cutting $1.5 Billion From Intelligence Budget.
Kerry introduced a bill that would reduce the Intelligence budget by $300
million in each of fiscal years 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, and 2000. There
were no cosponsors of Kerrys bill, which never made it to the floor for a
vote. (S. 1290, Introduced 9/29/95)

1995: Voted To Slash FBI Funding By $80 Million. (H.R. 2076, CQ Vote
#480: Adopted 49-41: R 9-40; D 40-1, 9/29/95, Kerry Voted Yea)

1994: Proposed Bill To Gut $1 Billion From Intelligence And Freeze
Spending For
Two Major Intelligence Programs. Kerry proposed a bill cutting $1
billion from the budgets of the National Foreign Intelligence Program and
from Tactical Intelligence, and freezing their budgets. The bill did not
make it to a vote, but the language was later submitted (and defeated - see
below) as S. Amdt. 1452 to H.R. 3759. (S. 1826, Introduced 2/3/94)

1997: Kerry Questioned Growth Of Intelligence Community After Cold
War. Now that that [Cold War] struggle is over, why is it that our vast
intelligence apparatus continues to grow even as Government resources for
new and essential priorities fall far short of what is necessary? .
(Senator John Kerry Agreeing That Critics Concerns Be Addressed,
Congressional Record, 5/1/97, p. S3891)

When His Bill Stalled In Committee, Kerry Proposed $1 Billion Cut As
Amendment Instead. Kerry proposed cutting $1 billion from the National
Foreign Intelligence Program and Tactical Intelligence budgets, and freezing
their budgets. The amendment was defeated, with even Graham, Lieberman and
Braun voting against Kerry. (Amdt.. To H.R. 3759, CQ Vote #39: Rejected
20-75: R 3-37; D 17-38, 2/10/94, Kerry Voted Yea; Graham, Lieberman And
Braun Voted Nay)

Kerry Questioned Quality Of Intelligence after 9-11. And the tragedy
is, at the moment, that the single most important weapon for the United
States of America is intelligence. . And we are weakest, frankly, in that
particular area. So its going to take us time to be able to build up here
to do this properly. (CBSs Face The Nation, 9/23/01)
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C. S. Lewis wrote:

another message from george bushs arse.


Bert