On the recordApril 26, 2016
Mr. President, this amendment would simply cut $69 million in unrequested funding for Corps of Engineers projects. This is kind of the outgrowth of the bad old days when we had earmarks, when all of this funding came about. We now have an earmark ban, but some of the funding still goes to some projects that have not even been requested. If we have a debt of $19 trillion and a deficit of $500 billion, it is time that we actually make some cuts somewhere. I would submit that this is a place ripe for cutting. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Tennessee.
