Posted on 03/08/2017 6:07:16 PM PST by mdittmar
WASHINGTON, D.C. In a letter sent today, U.S. Senators Maria Cantwell (D-WA), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Gary Peters (D-MI), Patty Murray (D-WA), and Roger Wicker (R-MS) led a bipartisan group of 23 senators urging Office of Management and Budget Administrator Mick Mulvaney not to make a $1.3 billion dollar cut to the budget of the United States Coast Guard. According to reports, the FY 2018 Presidential Budget Request could amount to almost 12 percent of the services budget being cut.
President Trump has committed to stopping the flow of illegal drugs into the country, protecting our borders, investing in national security, and improving support for our armed service members and their families. The Senators note that the Coast Guard plays an outsized role in all three of these areas and that the Coast Guard budget should be increased rather than gutted.
(Excerpt) Read more at murray.senate.gov ...
There are ways to cut the budget without cutting the ability to do the job when needed. Let’s try those first.
Needs to be kept strong at any rate. Would be helpful if we knew the actual state of it and what sort of efficiency vs. waste is involved rather than having some Dims rail on about "protecting the US of A"....
really, Senators?
7th National Security Cutter
a new one 2 days ago and another one this year:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J98rZC3WI1I
With baseline budgeting, is this really a cut or just a reduction in spending?
If I read the number right, the 2017 budget request from the president is $10+ billion versus $7 billion in 2013:
https://www.uscg.mil/history/docs/budget/USCG_FundingHistory1922-2012.pdf
https://www.uscg.mil/budget/docs/FY2017_Budget_Fact_Sheet.pdf
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