Nancy Pelosi: “I rise to state my position with regard to this program and to respectfully disagree with my distinguished chairman and…”

“I rise to state my position with regard to this program and to respectfully disagree with my distinguished chairman and the maker of this, the initiator of this colloquy. I do not agree that the statements accurately reflect the status of the Man and the Biosphere Program. Funding for the Man and the Biosphere Program was requested and has not been prohibited in this bill. I therefore want to clarify that, despite the statements made here this afternoon, and I rarely disagree with my distinguished chairman, funding for this project can move forward if Congress takes no further action, no further definitive action on it. The citation to the Foreign Affairs Authorization Act does not apply, because that is not even the law. So at this time, this afternoon, at the time of this colloquy, there is no prohibition on Congress' spending funds for the Man and the Biosphere Program.”