John B. Breaux: “I commend the Senator for her comments on this legislation. And I prefer calling it the Breaux-Snowe amendment and thank…”

“I commend the Senator for her comments on this legislation. And I prefer calling it the Breaux-Snowe amendment and thank her for her contribution in that regard. I wanted to--the Senator served in the other body, as I have. And the statement that some have said is that, ``Well, you know, we really think that 75 percent is an appropriate amount. That is why we should pass a maintenance-of-effort requirement, and the States will have 75 percent, and then when we go to conference we will come back with 45 percent, and that will become law.'' And my concern is--and I ask the Senator to comment--the other body has a zero requirement for the States spending anything. Does the Senator from Maine also have the same concern about what would happen in the conference if we start out and figure it with a substantially lower amount than the body of this amendment?”