Political Quotes

“first, I just have one additional question of the Senator from Nebraska. That has to do with the House of Representatives. We are in a position here where he, as ranking member of the Budget Committee, has said it is inappropriate to vest power in the Governmental Affairs Committee. Yet that is exactly the power that is being vested in the House Committee on Government Operations in this bill. And this amendment does not touch that. If it is inappropriate to vest that power in a committee of the Senate, it seems to me it is equally wrong to vest it in a committee of the House. But in terms of vesting power in committees, the Budget Act vests power in the Budget Committee. I want to just make reference to four sections of the Budget Act where, on points of order, the power is vested in the Budget Committee. I think I have made reference before to section 311(c), for purposes of this section the levels of new budget authority--et cetera: Shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the House of Representatives or the Senate, as the case may be. There is power vested right in the Budget Committee. In section 313(e), and these are points of order sections: For purposes of this section the levels of new budget authority, budget outlays, et cetera, "shall be determined on the basis of estimates made by the Committee on the Budget of the Senate." Power is vested in the Budget Committee directly, right in the Budget Act.…”