CUTS TO STATE AND LOCAL GRANTS SPARK DEBATE AT HOUSE HEARING

摘要

Homeland Security Secretary Michael Chertoff, in testimony before the House Homeland Security Committee last week, appeared resigned to the fact that Congress will again increase state and local homeland security grant funding against the Administration's wishes. The White House has come under fire from Congress for its Fiscal Year 2009 request, which slashes funding for the State Homeland Security Grant Program by $750 million compared to current appropriations, but proposes small increases for the Urban Area Security Initiative grants.