The White House yesterday released a statement of administration policy supporting passage of the House Appropriations Committee's fiscal year 2004 Department of Homeland Security spending bill. "The very first homeland security appropriations bill largely tracks with the [Bush] administration's request and builds on the legislation creating [DHS] in strengthening the nation's capacity to protect the homeland," the statement reads. The full House is scheduled to consider the $29.4 billion homeland security appropriations bill today. The bill earmarks $9 billion for...
