Ted Stevens: “Now, I would intend to change that to say it shall be used only for these accounts except for the $5 billion.”

[t]he waste in that area was as great as the total catch of all the major fisheries off our shores. These 60 factory trawlers threw overboard--dead and unused--about one out of every four fish they caught.

Sequestration will further impact our ability to maintain deterrence, project power, respond to crises, and contribute to stability.

The NALEMP annual appropriation was first drafted in 1993 by Senator Ted Stevens and Senator Daniel Inouye.

I do believe that it is of such significance that we cannot turn away from it.