Tom Harkin: “back to the point at hand, I want everyone to understand what this mischievous motion is all about. All it does, in…”

“back to the point at hand, I want everyone to understand what this mischievous motion is all about. All it does, in order to save the money, is move the date from October 1 to September 30. Last year, we moved it up to October 1; we moved it back to September 30. The motion of the Senator from Texas says, no, you can't do it September 30; you have to do it on October 1. In fairness and in reality, the SSI checks should go out at the end of the month. If the Senator has an objection, he should have filed it last year because we moved it from September 30 to October 1. SSI checks are to go out the end of the month. All we are doing is bringing it back to where it really ought to be, at the end of the month. Be that as it may, we are only talking about 1 day. I don't think too many people are hurt by 1 day. The Senator moves it back to October 1 when it ought to be September 30. What does his motion do if it is upheld? We will have almost a $3 billion cut in education, a $1.4 billion cut in NIH, a $210 million cut from the Centers for Disease Control, a $300 million cut from Head Start, a $77 million cut from community health centers.”