Political Quotes

“The total spending includes--total spending is about $93 billion-- includes $22 billion in mandatory spending for veterans administration categories. That is about a $4 billion increase over fiscal year 1998. The increase is attributable largely to the following--about a $1.5 billion increase in veterans administration, primarily mandatory spending, things over which our subcommittee has no control. In addition, there is, HUD figures, about $2.6 billion over last year's figure. And that is because money was taken from section 8 contracts earlier in the year to pay for a supplemental. This is the budget that is always raided. And the broader Appropriations Committee has raided these section 8 contracts. That would be good except for the fact that the cost of renewing section 8 contracts in HUD continues to escalate.”