Senate Republicans appropriate 7X more than Trump requested for land acquisition and Udall wants to double that

The Senate Appropriations Committee has posted the Interior Appropriations bill.

There are many things of interest there, but one is surely the $400 million for land acquisition. Trump requested $64 million.

Not satisfied with the $400 million, NM Senator Tom Udall says he wants to double that to $800 million. They can't take care of what they've got, but Udall wants more, more, more. But he is a liberal Democrat in the hip pocket of the environmental community. Why are the Republicans doing this? Can you think of any other program where they are appropriating almost 7 times more than the President's request?