On the recordJuly 21, 2011
I certainly respect the point that the gentleman from California has made; but in a time when we are running a deficit of $14 trillion, at least, we have to seek to pursue sensible measures to reduce budgets wherever we can. And we are, unfortunately, faced with a time in our history in which what is nice to have or good to have must yield to what we absolutely must have. Therefore, I will defend the proposed reduction in the account that we have made in this amendment. I reserve the balance of my time.
