Political Quotes

“Mr. President, I call up my amendment No. 1646 and ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Colorado [Mr. Bennet] proposes an amendment numbered 1646 to amendment No. 1717. The amendment is as follows: (Purpose: To prevent any disruption in security assistance to Ukraine) At the appropriate place, insert the following: SEC. ___. DEFICIT-NEUTRAL RESERVE FUND RELATING TO PRESERVATION OF SECURITY ASSISTANCE TO UKRAINE. 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 preserving the delivery of assistance to Ukraine, which may include legislation that would prohibit any reduction in United States security assistance and intelligence-sharing with Ukraine or any other new restriction on vital assistance that would enable Ukraine to defend its sovereignty and territorial integrity against continuing Russian aggression, 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.”