I ask, how many dollars do you think we spent last year paying for defense lawyers for criminals in the Federal court who claim they don't have enough money to defend themselves? ... All this amendment does is say when a payment is made to a criminal defense lawyer, a form has to be filed that indicates that payment.
Discussing an amendment related to transparency in federal funding for criminal defense lawyers.
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The two of us have done this budgeting differently because we have done it bipartisanly from the very beginning.
I want to say to all of you that what we have produced by way of a budget, a plan, should really be taken seriously by all of you.
That did not reduce any beneficiaries' benefits, it just cut the amounts that providers were otherwise getting.