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Katie Porter: I would say the rhetoric is soaring here. If this is that high a priority, what is wrong with offering an amendment to…

On the recordJune 8, 2000
I would say the rhetoric is soaring here. If this is that high a priority, what is wrong with offering an amendment to move some funds out of another account of lower priority to this priority? This amendment is out of order because the gentleman has not sought any offsets. He just adds spending without any responsibility. If it is that high a priority, I would say to the gentleman from Ohio, offer an amendment to move money from a low priority account and let us consider it.
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Katie Porter
Democratic · California

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Discussing budget priorities and amendments during a debate.

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