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We are now facing yet another record Federal deficit at $1.6 trillion, and the budget we recently received from the President would double the national debt, to more than $26 trillion, by the end of the decade.

And do you feel that, ultimately, the objective is consistent with the statutory mandate, achieving the least costly alternative?

I believe all agencies and programs should be prepared to engage in this process and that all budgets have to be evaluated.

It seems to me that we are causing the agencies to rush and then try to create these processes of phased implementation.

Dr. Heckman also writes, 'For high quality early childhood interventions, there are none of the tradeoffs between equity and efficiency that plague most public policies.'

The $2,500, let us be straightforward about it, was a campaign document.

I hope that industry understands that we are serious that we need a solution.

I just never thought about it that the Army Corps was the number one provider of recreation within the Federal Government.

I will be interested next year during this hearing to find out how that worked out and what the impact was of closing that.

Just out of curiosity, what would it take to put together a master plan, transportation plan, in this country where we connected our harbor system, our inland waterway system, our railroads, our highways...

So the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund just maintains current levels.

I would think we would know what the backlog is of maintenance requirements.

I get concerned when we are taking money out of the Harbor Maintenance Trust Fund and using it for other purposes.

Is there a plan on which ones we are going to dredge to take the deeper ships?

Do we have to find another use for it?

Now therefore be it Resolved, That the Senate has heard with profound sorrow and deep regret the announcement of the death of the Honorable James Albertus McClure, former member of the United States Senate.

We have gone through the various attributes for which Jim McClure was known. It is a true loss to Idaho and a true loss to the Nation. He was held in such high regard by all Idahoans. I am proud to be the person holding his seat. He was a…

We have come to the floor to mourn the loss of a great statesman in Idaho. Jim McClure was loved uniformly across the State of Idaho and had dedicated his entire life to public service, first as a prosecuting attorney in Payette County…