On the recordApril 24, 2012
I also support the amendment, and I thank Senator Coburn for introducing it. This is disclosure and limitation of spending on conferences. Unfortunately, the excessive and outrageous spending by GSA on the conference in Las Vegas brought the whole area of Federal spending on conferences into the public Klieg lights, and I reached a conclusion that we are spending too much. This amendment would require the posting online of all agency conference spending. It limits the amount that can be spent on conferences and limits the number of conferences agency employees can attend and it imposes a 20-percent across-the-board cut on agency budgets for this purpose. I hope the amendment passes. I hope the bill passes as amended. There are a couple parts of that that we have begun to work with Senator Coburn and his staff on which I think will make this a better amendment. But bottom line, this responds to a need, and I support it. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The Senator in Delaware.
