On the recordJune 26, 2012
My amendment would simply reduce funding for administrative expenses within the Federal Railroad Administration by $5,404,000. This office is one of 13 in the underlying bill which is slated to receive increases for administrative expenses, despite the fiscal emergency that we're facing as a Nation. This, like many of the amendments that I'm bringing, would just reduce funding back to current levels, back to the FY12 levels. We have many sections of this bill that are slated to be increased. But as we face an economic emergency as a Nation, as we're spending money that we don't have--40 cents of every dollar we're spending is being borrowed--we just have to stop the outrageous spending that's going on here in Washington. This amendment would simply bring the administrative expenses for the Federal Railroad Administration back to current levels. It would not reduce the functions of the administration. It would just keep funding at the current levels. It makes sense to just stop increasing, so I urge support of my amendment. I yield back the balance of my time.
