On the recordOctober 28, 2019
Mr. Speaker, I yield myself 30 seconds. Mr. Speaker, in our process, it is not as simple as ``just spend the money.'' It has to go through a process. We call it the appropriations process, Mr. Speaker. You are well aware of it, having served on the Appropriations Committee. Here is the deal: The budget agreement is indifferent as to the source of that money, whether it is a harbor maintenance trust fund issue or whether it is spending that is borrowed from China or from the international bond market. It is indifferent to it. It goes through the same process. This blows a $10 billion hole in the deficit that is just 3 months away from the agreement that we had 3 months ago. Mr. Speaker, I yield 3 minutes to the gentleman from Utah (Mr. Stewart), my friend and my colleague on the Appropriations Committee.
