Pete Domenici: “this amendment would reduce tax relief contained in the resolution by $16 billion in order to increase spending in…”

“this amendment would reduce tax relief contained in the resolution by $16 billion in order to increase spending in programs that the Senator would like to see increased. It happens, in the programs that he would like to see increased, such as Head Start, this budget resolution has an increase of $2.7 billion. It makes it a priority program, so it will most probably be funded at that extraordinarily high level. That was agreed upon. But sometimes, no matter how much you do, it is not enough. In this case, the President brags about the fact that Head Start is going up and going up appreciably, $2.7 billion, yet the Senator would reduce our tax cut for the American people in order to add yet more to that program. I do not believe that is what we ought to do.”