Daniel Inouye: “This motion to recommit purports to set discretionary spending at fiscal year 2011 levels for these three bills. But…”

“This motion to recommit purports to set discretionary spending at fiscal year 2011 levels for these three bills. But this motion is extremely misleading because increased mandatory spending included in the three bills--they are not touching that. Agriculture alone would see a $7 billion cut due to increases in mandatory programs. If we include the emergency disaster relief, it would force an additional cut of $3.2 billion. The measure before us is within our 302(b) allocation scored by the CBO and the Senate Budget Committee, and it meets every requirement of the Budget Control Act. I strongly urge a ``no'' vote.”