C. W. Bill Young: “Mr. Chairman, I wanted to say to the gentleman from North Carolina (Chairman Taylor) that he has done a really fine job…”

“Mr. Chairman, I wanted to say to the gentleman from North Carolina (Chairman Taylor) that he has done a really fine job on this bill. I was able to spend some time with the gentleman as he went through this process, and this is his first time as chairman of this subcommittee. He has done a really good job. The gentleman from Arizona (Mr. Pastor) has been an able partner all the way through the process. It was a real joy to watch them as they presented this bill to the Committee on Appropriations. In a very friendly and very nonpartisan-bipartisan way, the committee took their recommendations, and we have the bill before us. This amendment does create a little difference of opinion on the bill because it makes reductions. It makes reduction of a total of $54 million out of this bill. Most of the cuts hit practically all of the accounts in the bill, and the one major reduction in this amendment has to do with Members' representational allowances, the funds that are made available to Members to conduct the affairs of their Congressional office.”