Cord Byrd: “I say to the Senator, this is the bottom line: If we pass this bill and it becomes law, the Appropriations Committee…”

“I say to the Senator, this is the bottom line: If we pass this bill and it becomes law, the Appropriations Committee will have $6 billion more in budget authority and $3 billion more in outlay for the 1996 appropriations bill, which will help the very programs, I am sure, that the Senators and I feel so strongly about. If we do not pass this, the Appropriations Committee is going to have $6 billion less in budget authority when we start marking up those bills after we come back--$6 billion less in budget authority and $3 billion less in outlay. I hope the Senators will please keep that in mind. That is the bottom line. We may not be happy with this. The President has said that he will sign it. He feels that he has gained over what was the bill that was vetoed some time ago. And he has. The Senator from Oregon just read the list of decreased rescissions. I plead with Senators that it means heavier losses in your programs and my programs, when we mark up the 1996 appropriations bill, if this bill dies.”