Lynn A. Westmoreland: “I want to tell a story for you and other people that might be listening about a gentleman who was a wide receiver for…”

“I want to tell a story for you and other people that might be listening about a gentleman who was a wide receiver for the Atlanta Falcons. His name was Alex Hawkins. One night he didn't come home. He had a history of maybe carousing around and staying out a little bit too late. He didn't come home one night, so he snuck in the door early the next morning, and his wife said, ``Hawk, where have you been?'' He said, ``Well, I got in kind of late last night and didn't want to wake you up, and I fell asleep outside in the hammock on the porch.'' She said, ``Alex, that hammock has been gone for a year.'' He looked kind of puzzled and he said, ``Well, Honey, that's my story and I'm sticking to it.'' That is what the other side is doing. They have a story, and they are sticking to it. I want to give you, Mr. Chairman, a math problem. If you take $53.6 billion and you multiply it times 0.025 percent, Mr. Chairman, will you get more than $53.6 billion? I think you will. I think it will be an increase over that number. So what this amendment does, it gives an increase over last year's spending. Now, did the FBI come in and say, We don't need any more money? I doubt it.”