Lynn A. Westmoreland: “The bill that he has announced for next week, the public lands omnibus bill, is a bill that actually contains 130…”

“The bill that he has announced for next week, the public lands omnibus bill, is a bill that actually contains 130 separate bills, and it authorizes $10 billion in taxpayer spending. Given our current economy, I would think that Congress should engage in the same belt-tightening that so many Americans, our constituents, are having to do every day. Next week, we'll consider an almost $1 trillion stimulus and a $10 billion massive lands bill, and at some point in the near future, we're going to have to understand that we are going to have to streamline the amount of spending that we're doing. I'd like to ask the gentleman, will there be a bill on the floor next week to offset at least some of the massive spending the Congress is considering?”