I just want to comment. It's not just the Democrats on the Rules Committee that said that the Latta amendment is unnecessary. The Congressional Budget Office has said so as well. Allow me to read directly from the CBO letter on the Home Star bill: Enacting the bill will not affect direct spending or revenues; therefore, pay-as-you-go procedures would not apply. Instead, any actual funding for programs in the bill would have to be appropriated separately by Congress. The amendment essentially is attempting to offset funds that are not spent.
Doris Matsui: “I just want to comment. It's not just the Democrats on the Rules Committee that said that the Latta amendment is…”
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Matsui discusses the unnecessary nature of the Latta amendment regarding the Home Star bill.
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