In the last 30 years under Democrats and Republicans, the Committee on Appropriations and the Congress has always appropriated less money, less money, than all of these administrations had requested. Probably over 30 years, but I know for the past 30 years, we have always appropriated less money than the administrations requested. That includes Reagan and Bush and all the administrations in the past 30 years.
Discussing historical appropriations by Congress in relation to presidential requests.
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