Cord Byrd: “I did not say anything about the Senator. I was saying I was majority leader once. I was majority leader twice, and I…”

“I did not say anything about the Senator. I was saying I was majority leader once. I was majority leader twice, and I saw the Governors of the States and mayors. I talked with them on the telephone. They called me on the telephone. They wanted this help; they wanted this aid; they wanted that aid; they wanted this appropriation increased. Do not talk to me about the great job the mayors and Governors have done throughout this country in balancing their budgets without help from the Federal Government. Now, that is not to say that mayors and Governors have not taken strong actions to try to curtail expenditures. I do not say that at all. But do not come here trying to tell this Senator that the States balance their budgets. They do not do it, and they get a lot of help from the Federal Government. I know. I have met them right there, back there in my office and right over here in that office when I was leader. Do not tell me that stuff.”