Judd Gregg: “in a second we are going to go to the Senator from Ohio, who is going to speak relative to the resolution. But I want to…”

“in a second we are going to go to the Senator from Ohio, who is going to speak relative to the resolution. But I want to quickly respond. The Senator from Washington has proposed an amendment which raises the cap, and it raises taxes. There is a better way to do it. The better way is Senator Santorum's amendment, which will come tomorrow, which says we identify CDBG as a priority, and within the caps we find the money for CDBG recognizing we may have to do an across-the-board cut of other accounts. That is the right way to do this. It sets priorities. The Senator from Washington is the ranking member on the appropriating committee which will have responsibility for this. Historically that committee has always funded this account. They have always found this to be a priority, and they have always found the money to do it. I do not think that history is going to change this year. I do think Senator Santorum has the right way to do this. We should not be passing a tax-and-spend amendment, which is what this amounts to. At this point, I will yield back the remainder of the time in opposition to the Murray amendment and yield the floor. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Ohio.”