Political Quotes

“In the reauthorization bill, which passed 14 to 4 by the Labor and Human Resources Committee, we adopted an amendment by our colleague that codifies the inspector general's recommendations that the Senator from Arkansas has identified before the committee today. So that the suggestions that are being made are ones that we think ought to be made a part of making NEA perform better. That is a legitimate function of a congressional committee--to examine all of our agencies to determine how they can function better. We did that pretty overwhelmingly in the committee. I commend my colleague for the amendment and the suggestion that codified those ideas. Second, Mr. President, administrative costs were lower at the agency when, frankly, the appropriations were higher. You shrink a budget down and, of course, if you are trying to maintain a programmatic level, what can happen is you find your percentage costs rise with the shrinkage of dollars, so that more and more of it gets eaten up in administration.”