First, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, I must mention that this bill is full of new programs, policy directives, performance directives, all kinds of authorizing suggestions, without any indication as to where the money might really be coming from. It is one thing to say that we want to establish a policy. It is another thing to say that we are going to pay as we go. It is an entirely different thing to say exactly where the money will come from.
Jerry Lewis: “First, as a member of the Appropriations Committee, I must mention that this bill is full of new programs, policy…”
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Discussing the implications of authorizing bills on appropriations during a House floor speech.
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