Richard Shelby actually said...

While I do not agree myself with Congress appropriating $120 million for an insolvent program, it makes even less sense to me to spend $93.5...

To get Federal spending under control in the long term, we must reduce spending in the short term.

A lot of this could be prevented if you had all the information at the initial hearing, where you'd save money, but it'd also bring justice ...

To ensure that the Congress has the necessary information to make informed decisions about the implementation of the new law going forward, ...