Julian Bond: “Going back to the basic questions and assumptions, again I note the difficulty we have as we are asked on an…”

“Going back to the basic questions and assumptions, again I note the difficulty we have as we are asked on an appropriations bill to approve legislation to establish a new entitlement program. Did I understand the minority leader to say that he believes it is entirely appropriate for an appropriations bill to include a new entitlement program which has not been the subject of hearings in an authorizing committee, and which the chairman of the authorizing committee opposes on an appropriations bill? Is this the new procedure we follow?”