Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 2107 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The assistant bill clerk read as follows: The Senator from Colorado [Mr. Hickenlooper], for himself and others, proposes an amendment numbered 2107 to amendment No. 1717. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To establish a deficit-neutral reserve fund relating to preventing the use of proceeds from public land sales to reduce the Federal deficit) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PREVENTING THE USE OF PROCEEDS FROM PUBLIC LAND SALES TO REDUCE THE FEDERAL DEFICIT. The Chairman of the Committee on the Budget of the Senate may revise the allocations of a committee or committees, aggregates, and other appropriate levels in this resolution, and make adjustments to the pay-as-you-go ledger, for one or more bills, joint resolutions, amendments, amendments between the Houses, motions, or conference reports relating to land conservation, which may include preventing the use of proceeds from public land sales to reduce the Federal deficit, by the amounts provided in such legislation for those purposes, provided that such legislation would not increase the deficit over the period of the total of fiscal years 2025 through 2034. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator from Colorado.”