As anyone who has Done a careful reading of Annie Proulx's superb stories knows, Wyoming in great danger from terrorists
WASHINGTON - Montana and Wyoming would get a smaller share of $3.1 billion in homeland security grants under a proposal that has pitted lawmakers from rural states against those from more urban areas and sparked a California senator's dig at Wyoming.
Under current law, each state receives 0.75 percent of the total money in the state homeland security grant program, with the remaining money distributed by risk and threat assessment. A bill being debated in the Senate would reduce the amount guaranteed to each state to 0.45 percent.
Senators from California, Texas and New York wanted to reduce that amount even further. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., unsuccessfully pushed an amendment that would have dropped the level to 0.25 percent.
"We (in California) have the nation's largest ports, iconic bridges, towering skyscrapers, enormous infrastructure and the busiest border crossing in the world," she said on the Senate floor. "Texas, with 23.5 million residents, has great cities, towering skyscrapers, vital industries and a vast international border. Wyoming - I don't want to pick on Wyoming. Love it. But as a state, it is like a national park."
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Under current law, each state receives 0.75 percent of the total money in the state homeland security grant program, with the remaining money distributed by risk and threat assessment. A bill being debated in the Senate would reduce the amount guaranteed to each state to 0.45 percent.
Senators from California, Texas and New York wanted to reduce that amount even further. Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., unsuccessfully pushed an amendment that would have dropped the level to 0.25 percent.
"We (in California) have the nation's largest ports, iconic bridges, towering skyscrapers, enormous infrastructure and the busiest border crossing in the world," she said on the Senate floor. "Texas, with 23.5 million residents, has great cities, towering skyscrapers, vital industries and a vast international border. Wyoming - I don't want to pick on Wyoming. Love it. But as a state, it is like a national park."
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