On the recordSeptember 26, 2002
This short-term CR would, if it were to last for an entire year, provide, according to the Congressional Budget Office, $744.3 billion in budget authority which in fact would not exceed the appropriate level in the budget resolution because defense is assumed to continue at last year's level. However, if it were annualized and the defense and military construction bills were enacted at even the House-passed levels, it would exceed the budget level by $8.2 billion. Of course, that assumes that these emergencies would continue. Will the gentleman assure the House and work with me in assuring the House that any further future continuing resolutions will come in under, on an annualized basis, the $749 billion in new budget authority assuming the enactment of the defense and MILCON bills at the levels requested by the President?
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