Christopher Shays: “I would emphasize again that this is a freeze amendment. We are not advocating that the Department of Defense spend less…”

“I would emphasize again that this is a freeze amendment. We are not advocating that the Department of Defense spend less than we spend this year next year. We are advocating that they have a freeze. I am a member of the Budget Committee. On the Budget Committee we are allowing entitlements to grow. We are allowing the growth of entitlements like Medicare and Medicaid. We advocate freezing defense spending--at least I do--and we are cutting discretionary domestic spending. We are having real and absolute cuts in discretionary spending.”