Pete Domenici: “I rise in support of S. 1022, the Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary appropriations bill for fiscal year 1998.…”

“I rise in support of S. 1022, the Commerce, Justice, State, and the Judiciary appropriations bill for fiscal year 1998. The Senate bill provides $31.6 billion in budget authority and $21.2 billion in new outlays to operate the programs of the Department of Commerce, Department of Justice, Department of State, the Judiciary and Related Agencies for fiscal year 1998. When outlays from prior-year budget authority and other completed actions are taken into account, the bill totals $31.6 billion in budget authority and $29.4 billion in outlays for fiscal year 1998. The subcommittee is within its revised section 602(b) allocation for budget authority and outlays. Mr. President, I commend the distinguished subcommittee chairman, Senator Gregg, for bringing this bill to the floor. It is not easy to balance the competing program requirements that are funded in this bill. I thank the chairman for the consideration he gave to issues I brought before the subcommittee, and his extra effort to address the items in the bipartisan balanced budget agreement.”