Barbara Boxer: “I say to my colleague, in an attempt to get some votes from the other side of the aisle, we actually found an offset. We…”

“I say to my colleague, in an attempt to get some votes from the other side of the aisle, we actually found an offset. We are not adding; we are cutting out a part of this bill that deals with an outside consulting contract to bring people in on human resources development. As I said to my friend, if this administration does not think they have the right management in place that can handle their human resources, then they should get rid of them and get new people. But the fact is, they are spending in this bill $70 million on fancy-dressed outside consultants who eat in the best restaurants in town, while the least we could do is put that off and let the management do their job there and use this funding to help our people on the ground. Does my friend agree this is a time when we cannot really afford frills, that we need to spend the money where it is most needed, in the hands of our first responders?”